Creating a Helper Class for Laravel Artisan Command

Question

I would like to know what's the best approach to create a helper class for my Artisan commands. I want the helper class to contain some static/non-static function to reduce code duplication as well as the size of my commands and to improve code maintainability. I have App/Library folder in which I prefer to place my helper class.

Answer 1

Create a helpers.php file in your app/Library folder (or any location of your choice) and add the following to it:

"autoload": {
    "classmap": [
        ...
    ],
    "psr-4": {
        "App\\": "app/"
    },
    "files": [
        "app/Library/helpers.php" // <---- ADD THIS
    ]
},

After, run the following command on your command line:

composer dump-autoload

You can now add functions by defining them on the helpers.php