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Is there a way to make Laravel automatically put enums into a subfolder of 'app' when using php artisan make:enum? It’s one of those convenience things I’d like to figure out so I do not always need to specify the folder when making an enum – or moving them when I forget!
AFAIK, no. However, the command will automatically create Enum classes in app/Enums or app/Enumerations if one of those directories already exists; so you either can create the directory before making any Enum classes, or specify the namespace whenever making the first Enum class, e..g.
php artisan make:enum Enums\\UserTypes
# creates app/Enums/UserTypes.php
AFAIK, no. However, the command will automatically create Enum classes in
app/Enumsorapp/Enumerationsif one of those directories already exists
@tykus The latter was by request of me 😅
But yeah, if you just call make:enum in a fresh project, it’ll dump it in the app directory by default.
Laravel doesn’t do that automatically by default, but you can set up a custom stub or use a little workaround.
One simple way is to create your own artisan command that extends the original make:enum and sets the path to something like app/Enums by default.
@cosmic_learning doesn't sound easier than just creating an Enum directory!
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