When we do php artisan down in the command it just creates an empty file in app/storage/meta directory called ”down”.
You can call artisan from your application:
Artisan::call(‘up’);
If you don’t have access to server you can create the functionality. If the user is authenticated you can shut down using the route.
{
Route::get('shut/the/application/down', function()
{
touch(storage_path().'/meta/my.down');
});
});
Then create another route to revert it as given below.
{
@unlink(storage_path().'/meta/my.down');
});
Add a filter to check if its up
{
if (file_exists($this['path.storage'].'/meta/my.down'))
{
return Redirect::to('site/is/down');
}
});
The route to bring it back :
{
@unlink(storage_path().'/meta/my.down');
});
The route to show the view when the site is down:
{
return View::make('views.site.down');
});Read more
