Laravel | Queue failed : Missing argument 1 for App\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS: - php

Question

All my jobs fail because of this strange error and can't figure out whats the problem here.
Job:
{
use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
/**
* Create a new job instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public $fName, $lName, $colAmt, $colDate, $totalAmt, $balAmt, $dueDate, $mobile_no, $is_loan_complete;
public function __construct($fName, $lName, $colAmt, $colDate, $totalAmt, $balAmt, $dueDate, $mobile_no, $is_loan_complete)
{
//
$this->fName = $fName;
$this->lName = $lName;
$this->colAmt = $colAmt;
$this->colDate = $colDate;
$this->totalAmt = $totalAmt;
$this->balAmt = $balAmt;
$this->dueDate = $dueDate;
$this->mobile_no = $mobile_no;
$this->is_loan_complete = $is_loan_complete;
}
/**
* Execute the job.
*
* #return void
*/
public function handle($fName, $lName, $colAmt, $colDate, $totalAmt, $balAmt, $dueDate, $mobile_no, $is_loan_complete)
{
//
$username = "xxxxxxxxxx";
$hash = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
// Config variables. Consult http://api.textlocal.in/docs for more info.
$test = "0";
// Data for text message. This is the text message data.
$sender = "xxxxx"; // This is who the message appears to be from.
$numbers = $mobile_no; // A single number or a comma-seperated list of numbers
$message = "Dear ".$fName." ".$lName.", your payment of Rs. ".$colAmt." has been received on ".$colDate.".
Total: Rs. ".$totalAmt.", Balance: ".$balAmt.", Due Date: ".$dueDate.". Thank You";
// 612 chars or less
// A single number or a comma-seperated list of numbers
$message = urlencode($message);
$data = "username=".$username."&hash=".$hash."&message=".$message."&sender=".$sender."&numbers=".$numbers."&test=".$test;
$ch = curl_init('http://api.textlocal.in/send/?');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
echo $result = curl_exec($ch); // This is the result from the API
curl_close($ch);
$this->pusher($result);
}
From the error in my failed_jobs table I notice that the handle function doesn't even run due the argument error
Exception thrown:
exception 'ErrorException' with message 'Missing argument 1 for App\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS::handle()' in C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\app\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS.php:42
Stack trace:
#0 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\app\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS.php(42): Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\HandleExceptions->handleError(2, 'Missing argumen...', 'C:\\xampp\\htdocs...', 42, Array)
#1 [internal function]: App\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS->handle()
#2 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(30): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#3 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(87): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::Illuminate\Container\{closure}()
#4 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(31): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::callBoundMethod(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), Array, Object(Closure))
#5 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\Container.php(531): Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod::call(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application), Array, Array, NULL)
#6 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Bus\Dispatcher.php(94): Illuminate\Container\Container->call(Array)
#7 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline.php(114): Illuminate\Bus\Dispatcher->Illuminate\Bus\{closure}(Object(App\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS))
#8 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline.php(102): Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(Object(App\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS))
#9 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Bus\Dispatcher.php(98): Illuminate\Pipeline\Pipeline->then(Object(Closure))
#10 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedHandler.php(43): Illuminate\Bus\Dispatcher->dispatchNow(Object(App\Jobs\SendCollectionSMS), NULL)
#11 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\Job.php(69): Illuminate\Queue\CallQueuedHandler->call(Object(Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\DatabaseJob), Array)
#12 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\Worker.php(291): Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\Job->fire()
#13 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\Worker.php(258): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->process('database', Object(Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\DatabaseJob), Object(Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions))
#14 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\Worker.php(110): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->runJob(Object(Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\DatabaseJob), 'database', Object(Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions))
#15 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand.php(101): Illuminate\Queue\Worker->daemon('database', 'default', Object(Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions))
#16 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand.php(85): Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand->runWorker('database', 'default')
#17 [internal function]: Illuminate\Queue\Console\WorkCommand->fire()
#18 C:\xampp\htdocs\financetest1\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\BoundMethod.php(30): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
I'm calling the job from a controller like :(sorry for the mess in below code but it works)
dispatch(new SendCollectionSMS(ucwords($collection->loan->customer->first_name), ucwords($collection->loan->customer->last_name), $collection->collected_amount, Carbon::parse($collection->created_at)->format('d-m-Y'), $collection->loan->loan_amount, ($collection->loan->loan_amount - $collection->loan->collected_amount), Carbon::parse($collection->loan->end_date)->format('d-m-Y'), $collection->loan->customer->mobile_no, false));
Now I am positive that the arguments which I am passing when creating a new job in my controller are proper but It seems there is an issue in the way I'm referencing the variables in my handler.
Whats going wrong here?

Answer 1

This is a very old post, but for anyone who runs into this problem.
Your handle function doesn't need any variables
public function handle()
Within this function you can get your variables by calling them as followed:
$this->fName
If you still run into the "missing argument 1" problem: Restart your artisan command
php artisan queue:work
This took me a while to figure out, changing your Job file has no effect if your queue:work is already running.