Common DDEV Commands for Working with Laravel - Jabal Torres

🚀 Basic DDEV Project Commands

Command	Purpose
`ddev start`	Start your Laravel project environment
`ddev stop`	Stop the environment
`ddev restart`	Restart the environment (after config changes)
`ddev ssh`	SSH into the container (important for artisan commands, composer, etc.)
`ddev list`	List all running DDEV projects
`ddev describe`	Show project details and URL

🛠 Laravel-Specific Workflow Inside the Container (`ddev ssh`)

Command	Purpose
`php artisan migrate`	Run database migrations
`php artisan migrate:fresh`	Drop all tables and re-run all migrations
`php artisan db:seed`	Seed the database with dummy/test data
`php artisan make:model ModelName -m`	Create a new model and migration
`php artisan make:controller ControllerName`	Create a new controller
`php artisan make:migration create_table_name`	Create a new migration
`php artisan serve`	(Not needed usually with DDEV – you access via DDEV’s routing)

📦 Composer Commands

Command	Purpose
`composer install`	Install PHP dependencies (from composer.lock)
`composer update`	Update PHP dependencies
`composer dump-autoload`	Regenerate autoload files (after adding classes manually)

🧹 Cache and Maintenance

Command	Purpose
`php artisan config:cache`	Rebuild configuration cache
`php artisan route:cache`	Rebuild route cache
`php artisan view:clear`	Clear compiled Blade views
`php artisan cache:clear`	Clear application cache
`php artisan config:clear`	Clear config cache

⚙️ Database Access

Command	Purpose
`ddev mysql`	Open MySQL client connected to the Laravel database
`ddev sequelpro` or `ddev heidisql`	Launch database GUI apps connected to DDEV DB

🧪 Testing and Development Extras

Command	Purpose
`php artisan test`	Run PHPUnit tests
`php artisan tinker`	Open Tinker REPL to interact with app models/data

Bonus 🌟

If you ever need to install Laravel inside DDEV from scratch:

ddev composer create "laravel/laravel my-project-name"

(inside your project’s /var/www/html directory after ddev ssh)

Category	Command	DDEV Command	Purpose
General	php artisan list	ddev artisan list	Lists all available Artisan commands.
General	php artisan help	ddev artisan help	Displays help for a specific command.
General	php artisan about	ddev artisan about	Displays application information.
Environment & Config	php artisan env	ddev artisan env	Displays the current application environment.
Environment & Config	php artisan config:cache	ddev artisan config:cache	Creates a cache file for faster configuration loading.
Environment & Config	php artisan config:clear	ddev artisan config:clear	Clears the configuration cache.
Environment & Config	php artisan key:generate	ddev artisan key:generate	Sets the application key in the .env file.
Routing & Views	php artisan route:list	ddev artisan route:list	Lists all registered routes for the application.
Routing & Views	php artisan view:clear	ddev artisan view:clear	Clears all compiled view files.
Caching	php artisan cache:clear	ddev artisan cache:clear	Clears the application cache.
Caching	php artisan cache:forget	ddev artisan cache:forget	Removes an item from the cache.
Caching	php artisan cache:table	ddev artisan cache:table	Creates a migration for the cache database table.
Database & Migrations	php artisan migrate	ddev artisan migrate	Runs database migrations.
Database & Migrations	php artisan migrate:rollback	ddev artisan migrate:rollback	Rolls back the last database migration.
Database & Migrations	php artisan migrate:reset	ddev artisan migrate:reset	Rolls back all database migrations.
Database & Migrations	php artisan migrate:fresh	ddev artisan migrate:fresh	Drops all tables and re-runs all migrations.
Database & Migrations	php artisan migrate:refresh	ddev artisan migrate:refresh	Resets and re-runs all migrations.
Database & Migrations	php artisan db:seed	ddev artisan db:seed	Seeds the database with records.
Database & Migrations	php artisan make:migration	ddev artisan make:migration	Creates a new migration file.
Database & Migrations	php artisan make:seeder	ddev artisan make:seeder	Creates a new seeder class.
Models & Factories	php artisan make:model	ddev artisan make:model	Creates a new Eloquent model class.
Models & Factories	php artisan make:factory	ddev artisan make:factory	Creates a new model factory.
Controllers & Middleware	php artisan make:controller	ddev artisan make:controller	Creates a new controller class.
Controllers & Middleware	php artisan make:middleware	ddev artisan make:middleware	Creates a new middleware class.
Controllers & Middleware	php artisan make:command	ddev artisan make:command	Creates a new Artisan command.
Queues & Jobs	php artisan queue:work	ddev artisan queue:work	Starts processing jobs on the queue.
Queues & Jobs	php artisan queue:listen	ddev artisan queue:listen	Listens to a given queue.
Queues & Jobs	php artisan queue:restart	ddev artisan queue:restart	Restarts queue workers after their current job.
Queues & Jobs	php artisan queue:table	ddev artisan queue:table	Creates a migration for the jobs database table.
Events & Listeners	php artisan event:generate	ddev artisan event:generate	Generates missing event and listener classes.
Events & Listeners	php artisan make:event	ddev artisan make:event	Creates a new event class.
Events & Listeners	php artisan make:listener	ddev artisan make:listener	Creates a new event listener class.
Testing	php artisan test	ddev artisan test	Runs the application tests using PHPUnit.
Other	php artisan tinker	ddev artisan tinker	Opens an interactive shell to interact with your application.
Other	php artisan serve	ddev artisan serve	Serves the application on the PHP built-in server.
Other	php artisan schedule:run	ddev artisan schedule:run	Runs the scheduled tasks.