Laravel Cheatsheet

⚡ Artisan CLI

php artisan listList all Artisan commands

php artisan serveStart local dev server

php artisan make:model PostCreate a model

php artisan make:controller PostControllerCreate a controller

php artisan make:migration create_postsCreate a migration

php artisan make:seeder PostSeederCreate a seeder

php artisan make:factory PostFactoryCreate a factory

php artisan make:request StorePostCreate a form request

php artisan make:middleware CheckAgeCreate middleware

php artisan make:job SendEmailCreate a job class

php artisan tinkerInteractive PHP REPL

php artisan route:listList all registered routes

php artisan config:cacheCache config files

php artisan cache:clearClear application cache

php artisan optimize:clearClear all cached files

🛣️ Routing

Route::get('/path', fn)GET route with closure

Route::post('/path', fn)POST route

Route::put / patch / deleteOther HTTP verbs

Route::resource('posts', PostController::class)Full CRUD resource routes

Route::apiResource('posts', ...)API resource (no create/edit)

Route::get('/p/{id}', fn)Route with parameter

Route::get('/p/{id?}', fn)Optional parameter

Route::name('posts.index')Named route

Route::prefix('admin')->group(fn)Route group with prefix

Route::middleware('auth')->group(fn)Route group with middleware

route('posts.show', ['id'=>1])Generate URL to named route

🗡️ Blade Templates

{{ $var }}Echo escaped variable

{!! $html !!}Echo unescaped HTML

@if / @elseif / @else / @endifConditionals

@foreach($items as $item)Loop over collection

@forelse / @emptyLoop with empty fallback

@for / @whileStandard loops

@extends('layout')Extend a parent layout

@section('content') @endsectionDefine a section

@yield('content')Render a section

@include('partial')Include a sub-view

@component / @slotBlade components

@csrfCSRF token field

@method('PUT')Spoof HTTP method

@auth / @guestAuth conditional directives

🗄️ Migrations

php artisan migrateRun pending migrations

php artisan migrate:rollbackRollback last batch

php artisan migrate:freshDrop all tables & re-migrate

php artisan migrate:fresh --seedFresh migrate + seed

$table->id()Auto-increment primary key

$table->string('name')VARCHAR column

$table->text('body')TEXT column

$table->integer('age')Integer column

$table->boolean('active')Boolean column

$table->foreignId('user_id')->constrained()Foreign key constraint

$table->timestamps()created_at & updated_at

$table->softDeletes()Add deleted_at column

💎 Eloquent ORM

Post::all()Get all records

Post::find($id)Find by primary key

Post::findOrFail($id)Find or throw 404

Post::where('active', 1)->get()Query with condition

Post::first() / ->latest()->first()Get first record

Post::create([...])Mass-assign and create

$post->update([...])Update a record

$post->delete()Delete a record

Post::paginate(15)Paginate results

$post->comments()hasMany relationship

$comment->post()belongsTo relationship

$post->tags()belongsToMany relationship

Post::with('comments')->get()Eager load (fix N+1)

Post::withTrashed()->get()Include soft-deleted

🔐 Authentication

composer require laravel/breezeInstall Breeze starter kit

php artisan breeze:installScaffold auth views

Auth::check()Check if user is logged in

Auth::user()Get current user

Auth::id()Get current user ID

Auth::login($user)Manually log in a user

Auth::logout()Log out current user

auth()->attempt([...])Attempt login with credentials

middleware('auth')Protect route from guests

php artisan make:policy PostPolicyCreate an authorization policy

Gate::define('update-post', fn)Define a Gate

$this->authorize('update', $post)Authorize action in controller

🌐 RESTful API

php artisan make:resource PostResourceCreate API resource

return new PostResource($post)Return single resource

return PostResource::collection($posts)Return collection

response()->json([...], 200)Return JSON response

php artisan install:apiInstall Sanctum for API auth

$user->createToken('token')Issue a Sanctum token

middleware('auth:sanctum')Protect API route

$request->bearerToken()Read bearer token from request

⚙️ Queues & Jobs

php artisan make:job SendWelcomeEmailCreate a job

dispatch(new SendWelcomeEmail($user))Dispatch a job

SendWelcomeEmail::dispatch($user)Static dispatch shorthand

->delay(now()->addMinutes(5))Delay job execution

->onQueue('emails')Specify a queue

php artisan queue:workStart queue worker

php artisan queue:work --queue=emailsProcess specific queue

php artisan queue:failedList failed jobs

php artisan queue:retry allRetry all failed jobs

php artisan schedule:runRun scheduled tasks

🧰 Helpers & Collections

collect([...])Create a collection

->filter() / ->map() / ->pluck()Chain collection methods

->groupBy() / ->sortBy()Group and sort

cache()->get('key', $default)Read from cache

cache()->put('key', $val, 600)Write to cache (seconds)

cache()->forget('key')Remove from cache

config('app.name')Read config value

env('APP_KEY')Read .env variable

storage_path('app/file.csv')Resolve storage path

Storage::disk('s3')->put(...)Upload to S3

Str::slug($title)Convert string to slug

Str::uuid()Generate a UUID

🧪 Testing (Pest / PHPUnit)

php artisan testRun all tests

php artisan test --filter PostTestRun specific test

php artisan make:test PostTestCreate a feature test

$this->get('/posts')->assertOk()Assert HTTP 200

->assertRedirect('/login')Assert redirect

->assertSee('Hello')Assert text in response

->assertJson([...])Assert JSON structure

$this->actingAs($user)Act as a logged-in user

$this->assertDatabaseHas('posts', [...])Assert DB record exists

Post::factory()->create()Create model via factory

Queue::fake() / Mail::fake()Fake queue/mail dispatching