Add a withSchedule method to the ApplicationBuilder class

[martinbean]

I’m exploring Laravel 11. One thing I don’t really like is defining scheduled tasks in a routes/console.php file. I’ve never liked the thought of “routes” for CLI.

I see a lot of stuff has been moved to the ApplicationBuilder class called in the bootstrap/app.php file. It would be nice if this class could expose a withSchedule method to allow registering of scheduled tasks in lieu of the now-removed console kernel file.

In my mind, it would look something like this:

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    // ...
    ->withSchedule(function (Schedule $schedule) {
        $schedule->command('inspire')->hourly();
    })
    ->create();

Thoughts? I’m also happy to put the PR together if this was wanted.

[adevade]

Yeah, I like this idea! 👍

[martinbean]

@taylorotwell @driesvints Any thoughts on this? Given the number of up-votes this has garnered versus other ideas, it seems I’m not alone in wanting this feature.

[nunomaduro]

Done here: #50755. It's a great suggestion.

[martinbean]

Awesome. Thanks, @nunomaduro 🙂