run artisan command in controller code example

Example 1: run artisan command from controller

If you have simple job to do you can do it from route file. 
For example you want to clear cache. In terminal it would be php artisan 
cache:clear In route file that would be:

\Artisan::call('cache:clear');

Example 2: use php artisan command through controller

<?php
Route::get('/foo', function () {
    Artisan::queue('email:send', [
        'user' => 1, '--queue' => 'default'
    ]);
    //
});

Example 3: laravel run controller from command line

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use App\Http\Controllers\HelloWorldController;

class MakeImportsCommand extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'helloworld';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Say Hello World Controller';

    /**
     * Create a new command instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        return $this -> helloWorld();

    }
}