Govard Laravel

Govard Laravel Commands

Laravel-specific shortcuts for Govard environments.

Related Skills

REQUIRED BACKGROUND: Load govard-toolbox first — this skill only covers Laravel-specific shortcuts layered on top of Govard's base commands (govard up, govard sh, govard db).

For generic PHP (strict_types/PSR-12/PHPStan/Security) see php-dev-core.

Artisan Commands

Laravel's artisan CLI runs inside the PHP container via govard tool artisan. Govard exposes every artisan command without entering the container shell:

# Cache management
govard tool artisan config:cache
govard tool artisan config:clear
govard tool artisan cache:clear

# Route cache
govard tool artisan route:cache
govard tool artisan route:clear

# View cache
govard tool artisan view:cache
govard tool artisan view:clear

Audit

For generic PHP (strict_types/PSR-12/PHPStan/Security) see php-dev-core. For 4-framework matrix and govard audit run --checks lint --lint-provider govard --mode project --format json see govard-toolbox ## Audit.

Laravel lint excludes (since v1.68.0): bootstrap/cache/* and storage/* (storage/framework/cache|sessions|views, storage/logs) are always ignored — both phpcs --ignore=*/bootstrap/cache/*,*/storage/* and phpstan excludePaths in docker/audit/bin/glint and Go-side filterGeneratedFindings in internal/audit/lint_govard.go. Fresh laravel 11 audit no longer fails on bootstrap/cache/packages.php/services.php or storage/framework/views/*.php; remaining findings are real project files (config/, app/, tests/).

Database

# Migrations
govard tool artisan migrate
govard tool artisan migrate:fresh
govard tool artisan migrate:refresh
govard tool artisan migrate:rollback
govard tool artisan migrate:status

# Seeders
govard tool artisan db:seed
govard tool artisan db:seed --class=UserSeeder

# Factory
govard tool artisan make:factory PostFactory
govard tool artisan tinker

# Direct SQL
govard db connect

Govard stack.php_version defaults to 8.4 for Laravel 11; verify with govard config get stack.php_version before running fresh migrations.

Queue Operations

# Start queue worker
govard tool artisan queue:work

# Queue withSupervisor
govard svc up

# Retry failed jobs
govard tool artisan queue:retry all
govard tool artisan queue:failed

# Clear queue
govard tool artisan queue:flush

Scheduler

# Run scheduler (keep in cron)
govard tool artisan schedule:run

# List scheduled
govard tool artisan schedule:list

Development

# Create commands
govard tool artisan make:command MyCommand
govard tool artisan make:controller MyController
govard tool artisan make:model Post
govard tool artisan make:migration create_posts_table

# Tinker (interactive REPL)
govard tool artisan tinker

# Show routes
govard tool artisan route:list
govard tool artisan route:list --path=api

Testing

# Run tests
govard tool artisan test

# With PHPUnit
govard tool php artisan test
govard tool php vendor/bin/phpunit

# Specific test
govard tool php vendor/bin/phpunit --filter=UserTest

Frontend Assets

# Node modules
govard tool npm install
govard tool npm run dev
govard tool npm run prod
govard tool npm run watch

# Laravel Mix (if using)
govard tool npm run dev
govard tool npm run production

# Clear Vite cache
# node_modules is bind-mounted into the container; clearing from the host is safe
rm -rf node_modules/.vite

Laravel has no Govard frontend_sync watcher (unlike Hyvä/Luma). Use govard tool npm run watch for live builds.

Environment (.env)

Govard injects APP_KEY, DB_CONNECTION, DB_HOST, and APP_ENV via .env. Check values:

govard config get stack.php_version
cat .env | grep -E 'APP_ENV|DB_'
govard tool artisan env

• APP_ENV defaults to local; Govard does not overwrite a committed .env.
• DB_CONNECTION is auto-wired to Govard MariaDB (mariadb 11.4 default).
• APP_KEY is generated on govard env up if missing.

Logging

# View logs
tail -f storage/logs/laravel.log

# Clear logs
govard tool artisan log:clear

# Laravel Debugbar (if installed)
curl -s https://local.test/_debugbar/open

Common Workflows

After Pulling Code

govard tool composer install
govard tool artisan migrate
govard tool artisan cache:clear
govard tool npm install && govard tool npm run dev

Creating Features

govard tool artisan make:model Post -mcr  # Model + Migration + Controller
govard tool artisan migrate
govard tool artisan route:list

Deployment Prep

govard tool artisan config:cache
govard tool artisan route:cache
govard tool artisan view:cache
govard tool npm run prod