Laravel $schedule to read/send email - php

Question

I´m trying to create $schedule job in Laravel to read Email with PHP IMAP package. If I go to route, package read email and does all correctly, but need to do this every 5 minutes.
I create a new command class and add this
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class ReadMail extends Command implements SelfHandling {
protected $name = 'read:mail';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Execute the command.
*
* #return void
*/
public function fire()
{
$request = Request::create($this->option('App\Http\Controllers\MailController#index'), 'GET');
$this->info(app()['Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel']->handle($request));
}
In kernel
protected $commands = [
'App\Console\Commands\ReadMail',
];
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
$schedule->call('read:mail')
->everyFiveMinutes();
}
I'm not sure if this code it´is correct, but does not work properly. Any idea about it?
Thank in advance for your help.
UPDATE
I launch this
php artisan read:mail and return
Argument 1 passed to Illuminate\Console\Application::add() must be an instance of Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command, instance of App\Commands\ReadMail given
The code of ReadMail class
<?php namespace App\Commands;
use App\Commands\Command;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\SelfHandling;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class ReadMail extends Command implements SelfHandling {
protected $signature = 'read:mail';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
//
}
/**
* Execute the command.
*
* #return void
*/
public function fire()
{
$request = Request::create($this->option('App\Http\Controllers\MailController#index'), 'GET');
$this->info(app()['Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel']->handle($request));
}
}
UPDATE 2: SOLVED - ALL CODE
Kernel
use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;
class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel {
/**
* The Artisan commands provided by your application.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $commands = [
'App\Commands\ReadMail',
];
/**
* Define the application's command schedule.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule $schedule
* #return void
*/
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
$schedule->command('read:mail')
->everyFiveMinutes();
}
}
ReadMail
<?php namespace App\Commands;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Bus\SelfHandling;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use App\Http\Controllers\MailController;
class ReadMail extends Command implements SelfHandling {
protected $name = 'read:mail';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Execute the command.
*
* #return void
*/
public function handle()
{
MailController::index();
}
}
MailController
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use PhpImap\Mailbox as ImapMailbox;
use App\Models\Escalas;
class MailController extends Controller {
public static function index()
{
$mailbox = new ImapMailbox('{imap.gmail.com:993/imap/ssl}INBOX', '', '','');
$mailsIds = $mailbox->searchMailbox('UNSEEN');
if(!$mailsIds) {
die('Mailbox is empty');
}
$mail=[];
foreach ($mailsIds as $index=>$data){
$mail[]=$mailbox->getMail($mailsIds[$index]);
Escalas::insert([
['' => $mail[$index]->textPlain,
'' => $mail[$index]->date,
''=>$mail[$index]->subject,
''=>$mail[$index]->fromName,
''=>$mail[$index]->fromAddress,
''=>$mail[$index]->toString],
]);
}
}
}

Answer 1

Try changing
protected $name = 'read:mail';
with protected $signature= 'read:mail';
in your ReadMail class and then run in Kernel like this
$schedule->command('read:mail')->everyFiveMinutes();

Answer 2

Check whether your scheduled tasks are set up properly (see docs for Laravel 5.0) Make sure you've added a cronjob to trigger Laravel's scheduled commands. To check you cronjobs are running, look for a file like /logs/crond.log. When opening this file, you should see lines showing at what times this ran. This is the command that triggers Laravel's scheduled jobs.
If all that is correct, then try running your command via your terminal on localhost to check the command is all set. This should reveal any problems with the command setup. Your functionality itself seems allright, since you mentioned everything works when triggered via a route.