How to create custom module in Laravel 8

In this article, we will learn about how we can create custom module in Laravel 8.

To create custom module in Laravel 8 we will use nwidart/laravel-modules.

nwidart/laravel-modules is a Laravel package that was created to manage your large Laravel app using modules. The module is like a Laravel package, it has some views, controllers or models. This package is supported and tested in Laravel 5+

The nwidart/laravel-modules package is a re-published, re-organised and maintained version of ‘pingpong/modules’, which isn’t been maintained anymore. For more information about this package. Click Here.

What we all learn in this article

• Installation of Laravel Application
• Installation of nwidart/laravel-modules packages via Laravel
• How to create a module
• How to create a model
• How to create a migration
• How to create a controller
• How to create a seeder
• How to delete a module

Step – 1 Installation of Laravel Application

Run the below command to install Laravel

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel learn

Step -2 Now we will install our nwidart/laravel-modules package

Run the below command to install nwidart/laravel-modules package.

composer require nwidart/laravel-modules

Step -3 How to create custom module

Run the below command to create a module under your nwidart/larave-modules

php artisan module:make Customer

The above will command will create Customer module, you can check under Module/customer.

Step – 4 How to create a model

Run the below command to create a model

php artisan module:make-model Customer Customers

Step – 5 How to create a migration and model together

Run the below command to create a migration and model together, here -m is use for creating the model, model will created inside your entities folder.

php artisan module:make-model Customer -m Customers

Step – 6 How to create a controller

Run the below command to create a controller inside your module

php artisan module:make-controller CustomersController Customer

Step – 7 How to create a seeder

Run the below command to create a seeder

php artisan module:make-seed StatesTableSeeder Customers

The above code will generate a seed file like the one shown below:

<?php
namespace Modules\Customers\Database\Seeders;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class StatesDatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        Model::unguard();        // $this->call("OthersTableSeeder");
    }
}

Step-: 8 How to Delete a module

php artisan module:delete Customers 

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