Laravel Application Folder Structure

Laravel Application Folder Structure

After you have successfully installed Laravel, you need to know about the application structure (folder structure) of Laravel. The root directory of Laravel contains the following directories. Sub-directories of app directory is also listed below.

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DIRECTORY        DESCRIPTION /app            contains core code of your application /app/Console    contains all of your Artisan commands /app/Events        contains event classes /app/Exceptions    contains exception handling classes /app/Http        contains controllers, middleware, and requests /app/Jobs        contains jobs that can be queued /app/Listeners    contains handler classes for events /app/Policies    contains authorization policy classes /bootstrap        contains files required by the bootstrap framework and configure autoloading /config            contains the application configuration files /database        contains database migrations and seeds. It is also used to store the SQLite database. /public            contains the front controllers and assets like images, CSS, JavaScript etc. /storage        contains compiled blade templates, filed based sessions, file caches & other files generated by the framework. /tests            contains automated unit tests /vendor            contains composer dependencies

Artisan Command Line Tool

The other important thing to understand is the Artisan command line tool. Laravel consists of a command line interface named ‘Artisan’. It is based upon the Symfony Console Component.

Artisan contains a lot of helpful commands for application development. To view the list of all Artisan commands, you need to go to your Laravel root folder and run the following command:

1	php artisan list

You will see the following list of available commands after running the above command:

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Laravel Framework version 5.2.41 Usage:   command [options] [arguments] Options:   -h, --help            Display this help message   -q, --quiet           Do not output any message   -V, --version         Display this application version       --ansi            Force ANSI output       --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output   -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question       --env[=ENV]       The environment the command should run under.   -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug Available commands:   clear-compiled      Remove the compiled class file   down                Put the application into maintenance mode   env                 Display the current framework environment   help                Displays help for a command   list                Lists commands   migrate             Run the database migrations   optimize            Optimize the framework for better performance   serve               Serve the application on the PHP development server   tinker              Interact with your application   up                  Bring the application out of maintenance mode app   app:name            Set the application namespace auth   auth:clear-resets   Flush expired password reset tokens cache   cache:clear         Flush the application cache   cache:table         Create a migration for the cache database table config   config:cache        Create a cache file for faster configuration loading   config:clear        Remove the configuration cache file db   db:seed             Seed the database with records event   event:generate      Generate the missing events and listeners based on registration key   key:generate        Set the application key make   make:auth           Scaffold basic login and registration views and routes   make:console        Create a new Artisan command   make:controller     Create a new controller class   make:event          Create a new event class   make:job            Create a new job class   make:listener       Create a new event listener class   make:middleware     Create a new middleware class   make:migration      Create a new migration file   make:model          Create a new Eloquent model class   make:policy         Create a new policy class   make:provider       Create a new service provider class   make:request        Create a new form request class   make:seeder         Create a new seeder class   make:test           Create a new test class migrate   migrate:install     Create the migration repository   migrate:refresh     Reset and re-run all migrations   migrate:reset       Rollback all database migrations   migrate:rollback    Rollback the last database migration   migrate:status      Show the status of each migration queue   queue:failed        List all of the failed queue jobs   queue:failed-table  Create a migration for the failed queue jobs database table   queue:flush         Flush all of the failed queue jobs   queue:forget        Delete a failed queue job   queue:listen        Listen to a given queue   queue:restart       Restart queue worker daemons after their current job   queue:retry         Retry a failed queue job   queue:table         Create a migration for the queue jobs database table   queue:work          Process the next job on a queue route   route:cache         Create a route cache file for faster route registration   route:clear         Remove the route cache file   route:list          List all registered routes schedule   schedule:run        Run the scheduled commands session   session:table       Create a migration for the session database table vendor   vendor:publish      Publish any publishable assets from vendor packages view   view:clear          Clear all compiled view files

As you can see above, there are many commands that do different helpful jobs. You can clear Cache with a single command. You can run scheduled tasks, create different controller, events, etc. classes, and so on.

As an example, to clear your Laravel application cache, you can simply run the following command:

1	php artisan cache:clear