Laravel Actions

Make your Laravel actions classes fast and in a simple way.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require panchodp/laravel-actions --dev

Configuration

Use the following command to publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Panchodp\LaravelAction\LaravelActionServiceProvider" --tag="laravel-actions-config"

This will create a config/laravel-actions.php file in your application.

return [
    'base_folder' => 'Actions',
    'method_name' => 'handle',
    'directory_permissions' => 0750,
];

There are three configuration options available:

• base_folder: This is the base folder where your action classes will be created. By default, it is set to Actions, which means your action classes will be created in the app/Actions directory.
• method_name: This is the name of the method that will be created in your action classes. By default, it is set to handle, which means your action classes will have a handle method where you can implement your action logic.
• directory_permissions: This option defines the permissions for newly created actions folders. This option defines the permissions for newly directories created by the package.

Method Types

By default, Laravel Actions generates instance methods for better flexibility and dependency injection support. However, you can create static methods when needed for simpler usage.

Instance Methods (Default)

// Usage
$action = new MyAction();
$action->handle($attributes);

// Generated code
public function handle(array $attributes): void
{
    // Implementation
}

Static Methods

// Usage
MyAction::handle($attributes);

// Generated code
public static function handle(array $attributes): void
{
    // Implementation
}

Usage

1. To make an action class, you can use the make:action command:

php artisan make:action MyAction

This will create a new action class in the app/Actions directory with the name MyAction.php.

The class will have a handle method where you can implement your action logic.

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;


use Throwable;

final class MyAction
{

    public function handle(array $attributes): void
    {
        // This is where the action logic will be implemented.
    }
}

2. To make an action class in a specific subfolder of Action, you can use:

php artisan make:action MyAction Folder

This will create a new action class in the app/Actions/Folder directory with the name MyAction.php.

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions\Folder;


use Throwable;

final class MyAction
{

    public function handle(array $attributes): void
    {
        // This is where the action logic will be implemented.
    }
}

Or you can use more than one subfolder like this:.

php artisan make:action MyAction Folder1/Folder2

This will create a new action class in the app/Actions/Folder1/Folder2/ directory with the name MyAction.php.

Flags

• --t This flag prepare the action class with Database trasactions. For example, if you want to create an action class with transactions, you can use:

php artisan make:action MyAction --t

will result in the following action class:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

use Throwable;

final class MyAction
{
            public function handle(array $attributes): void
            {
                DB::transaction(function () use ($attributes) {
                  // Logic to be executed within the transaction
                });
    }
}

• --u This flag inyect User $user in the handle method.

For example, if you want to create an action class with User injection, you can use:

php artisan make:action MyAction --u

will result in the following action class:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

use App\Models\User;
use Throwable;

final class MyAction
{
    public function handle(User $user,array $attributes): void
    {
        // This is where the action logic will be implemented.
    }
}

• --tu or --ut Use both flags together to prepare the action class with Database transactions and User injection.

bash php artisan make:action MyAction --tu or bash php artisan make:action MyAction --ut

will result in the following action class:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Models\User;
use Throwable;

final class MyAction
{
            public function handle(User $user,array $attributes): void
            {
                DB::transaction(function () use ($attributes) {
                  // Logic to be executed within the transaction
                });
    }
}

 

• --r This flag generates a Laravel Request class and injects it into the action method.

For example, if you want to create an action class with Request injection, you can use:

php artisan make:action MyAction --r

This will generate both an Action class and a Request class (MyActionRequest), and will result in:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

use App\Http\Requests\MyActionRequest;

final class MyAction
{
    public function handle(MyActionRequest $request): void
    {
        // This is where the action logic will be implemented.
    }
}

• --s This flag generates static methods instead of instance methods.

For example, if you want to create an action class with static methods, you can use:

php artisan make:action MyAction --s

will result in the following action class:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

final class MyAction
{
    public static function handle(array $attributes): void
    {
        // This is where the action logic will be implemented.
    }
}

Advanced Flag Combinations

You can combine multiple flags to create actions with different features. All possible combinations are supported:

Two-flag combinations:

• --tr or --rt: Database transactions with Request injection
• --ur or --ru: User injection with Request injection
• --tu or --ut: Database transactions with User injection (as shown above)
• --ts or --st: Database transactions with static method
• --us or --su: User injection with static method
• --rs or --sr: Request injection with static method

Three-flag combinations:

• --tur, --tru, --utr, --urt, --rtu, --rut: All features combined (instance)
• --tus, --tsu, --uts, --ust, --stu, --sut: Transactions + User + Static
• --trs, --tsr, --rts, --rst, --str, --srt: Transactions + Request + Static
• --urs, --usr, --rus, --rsu, --sru, --sur: User + Request + Static

Four-flag combinations (all features):

• --turs, --trsu, --utrs, --urts, --rtus, --ruts: All features with static method
• --stru, --stur, --sutr, --surt, --srtu, --srut: All permutations supported

For example with instance method (default):

php artisan make:action CompleteAction --tur

This will generate:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Http\Requests\CompleteActionRequest;

final class CompleteAction
{
    public function handle(User $user, CompleteActionRequest $request): void
    {
        DB::transaction(function () use ($request) {
            // Logic to be executed within the transaction
        });
    }
}

For example with static method:

php artisan make:action CompleteAction --turs

This will generate a static method with all features:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Http\Requests\CompleteActionRequest;

final class CompleteAction
{
    public static function handle(User $user, CompleteActionRequest $request): void
    {
        DB::transaction(function () use ($request) {
            // Logic to be executed within the transaction
        });
    }
}

Individual flags are also supported:

• --t: Only database transactions
• --u: Only user injection
• --r: Only request injection
• --s: Only static method

Default Behavior

By default, actions are generated as instance methods. Use the --s flag to generate static methods:

# Creates instance method (default)
php artisan make:action MyAction

# Creates static method
php artisan make:action MyAction --s

Other Userfull Commands:

You can show the Actions directory tree in the terminal with the following command:

php artisan actions:list

This will display the structure of the app/Actions or the base directory specified in the config file, showing all action classes and their subdirectories.

Actions/
├── Folder1/
│   ├── SecondAction
│   └── ThirdAction
├── Folder2/
│   └── FourthAction
├── FirstAction
└── LastAction

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT