How to use Service Layer in laravel 5.5 - php

Question

I am working in Laravel 5.5, and I don't want to write logic in controller, I would like to separate logic form Controller. write something like interface and services like what we user to do in "ASP.NET MVC" frameworks.

Answer 1

I also switched to Laravel coming from Zend and missed my Services. To sooth myself I have implemented a Service namespace which sits in namespace App\Services. In there I do all my Model / Validation handeling. I have experienced no loss of functionality or anything.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Services\Contact as ContactService;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Lang;
class IndexController extends Controller
{
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #param Request $request
* #return void
*/
public function __construct(Request $request)
{
$this->_request = $request;
}
/**
* Standard contact page
*
* #return contact page
*/
public function contact(ContactService $contactService)
{
$errors = null;
$success = false;
if ($this->_request->isMethod('post')) {
$validator = $contactService->validator($this->_request->all());
if ($validator->fails()) {
$errors = $validator->errors();
} else {
$contactService->create($validator->getData());
$success = true;
}
}
return view('pages/contact', ['errors' => $errors, 'success' => $success]);
}
}
Example of Service:
<?php
namespace App\Services;
use Validator;
use Mail;
use App\Models\Contact as ContactModel;
class Contact
{
/**
* Get a validator for a contact.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
public function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'email' => 'required|email|max:255',
'phone' => 'max:255',
'firstName' => 'required|max:255',
'lastName' => 'required|max:255',
'message' => 'required'
]);
}
/**
* Create a new contact instance after a valid form.
*
* #param array $data
* #return ContactModel
*/
public function create(array $data)
{
$data = [
'email' => $data['email'],
'firstName' => $data['firstName'],
'lastName' => $data['lastName'],
'language' => $data['language'],
'phone' => $data['phone'],
'message' => $data['message']
];
// Send an email
Mail::send('emails.contact', ['data' => $data], function ($m) use ($data) {
$m->from(config('mail.from.address'), config('mail.from.name'));
$m->to(env('MAIL_TO', 'hello#world.com'), env('MAIL_TO'))->subject('Contact form entry from: ' . $data['firstName']);
});
return ContactModel::create($data);
}
}