Laravel: Run Artisan Commands in Parallel

Question

I want to run artisan commands simultaneously in parallel, here is my code:

$files = glob($this->fixedDir . '*.csv');

foreach ($files as $csvFile) {
   Artisan::call('mycommand:import', ['--file' =>$csvFile]);
}

So idea is to pass file option and then each commands handles that. However above code runs each command sequentially not in parallel. I also tried like this:

$schedule = new Schedule();
$files = glob($this->fixedDir . '*.csv');

foreach ($files as $csvFile) {
   $schedule->command('mycommand:import', ['--file' =>$csvFile])
   ->everyMinute()
   ->withoutOverlapping();
}

Even that didn't seem to work.

Can somebody tell how do I run commands in parallel ?

Answer 1

You may want to use Jobs and Queues for this.

php artisan make:job ImportCsv

Then edit your job class to process your csv file import. Then dispatch this job from a controller like this:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Jobs\ImportCsv;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class FileController extends Controller
{
/**
 * Store a new file.
 *
 * @param  Request  $request
 * @return Response
 */
public function store(Request $request)
{
    // Create file...

    dispatch(new ImportCsv($file));
}
}

Make sure your worker process is running. You can start it like this:

php artisan queue:work

You can learn details from documentation; Laravel Queues