Dependency Injection in Laravel Closure Commands

Laravel's closure-based Artisan commands support full dependency injection, allowing you to inject services directly into command parameters alongside traditional arguments and options.

The service container automatically resolves dependencies when you type-hint them in your closure parameters:

use App\Services\EmailService;
 
Artisan::command('email:digest {recipient}', function (EmailService $emailer, string $recipient) {
    $emailer->sendDigest($recipient);
});

This feature combines the convenience of inline commands with Laravel's powerful dependency resolution system.

use App\Services\ReportGenerator;
use App\Services\FileUploader;
use App\Models\Customer;
 
Artisan::command('reports:generate {customer_id} {--format=pdf}', function (
    ReportGenerator $generator,
    FileUploader $uploader,
    string $customer_id
) {
    $customer = Customer::findOrFail($customer_id);
    $format = $this->option('format');
 
    $this->info("Generating {$format} report for {$customer->name}");
 
    $reportData = $generator->createCustomerReport($customer, $format);
 
    $filename = "customer-{$customer_id}-report." . $format;
    $uploadPath = $uploader->store($reportData, 'reports/' . $filename);
 
    $this->info("Report generated successfully");
    $this->line("File location: {$uploadPath}");
 
    if ($this->confirm('Send report via email?')) {
        $customer->notify(new ReportGeneratedNotification($uploadPath));
        $this->info("Email notification sent");
    }
});
 
Artisan::command('cleanup:temp-files {--days=7}', function (
    FilesystemManager $filesystem,
    CacheManager $cache
) {
    $days = (int) $this->option('days');
    $cutoffDate = now()->subDays($days);
 
    $this->info("Cleaning files older than {$days} days");
 
    $tempPath = storage_path('app/temp');
    $files = $filesystem->disk('local')->allFiles('temp');
 
    $deletedCount = 0;
    foreach ($files as $file) {
        $lastModified = $filesystem->disk('local')->lastModified($file);
 
        if ($lastModified < $cutoffDate->timestamp) {
            $filesystem->disk('local')->delete($file);
            $deletedCount++;
        }
    }
 
    $cache->tags(['temp-files'])->flush();
 
    $this->info("Cleanup completed: {$deletedCount} files removed");
});

Dependency injection in closure commands enables rapid prototyping while maintaining clean architecture and testability throughout your command-line utilities.