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22. Task Scheduling

Cron without editing crontab.

Laravel's scheduler lets you fluently define command schedules within the application itself, defined in routes/console.php (Laravel 11+) using Schedule::command() or Schedule::call(). A single cron entry (* * * * * php artisan schedule:run) triggers Laravel to evaluate which scheduled tasks are due. Methods like ->daily(), ->hourly(), and ->cron() control frequency.

Check your understanding

1. How many crontab entries does Laravel's scheduler require?
One per scheduled taskJust one, running every minuteZero, it's automatic24, one per hour
2. Where are scheduled tasks defined in Laravel 11?
app/Console/Kernel.php onlyroutes/console.phpconfig/schedule.php.env