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Cross-application job dispatch via a shared database for Laravel. Two separate Laravel apps that connect to the same database can communicate through Laravel's native database queue driver and event system.

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 11, 12, or 13
• A shared database accessible by both applications

This package uses Laravel's database queue driver. Both applications must connect to the same database so they can read/write from the shared jobs table.

Installation

composer require laratusk/shared-jobs

Publish and run the migrations:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=shared-jobs-migrations
php artisan migrate

Optionally, publish the config file to customize defaults:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=shared-jobs-config

Configuration

The package works out of the box with sensible defaults. You only need to set environment variables if you want to customize the behavior:

Usage

Dispatching Jobs (App 1)

use Laratusk\SharedJobs\Facades\SharedJob;

SharedJob::dispatch('refund', ['account_id' => 5]);

Consuming Jobs (App 2)

Start the worker (should be managed by Supervisor in production):

php artisan queue:work shared-jobs --queue=shared

Create a listener that extends the base SharedJobListener. Laravel's auto-discovery will register it automatically:

use Laratusk\SharedJobs\Events\SharedJobReceived;
use Laratusk\SharedJobs\Listeners\SharedJobListener;

class HandleRefund extends SharedJobListener
{
    protected string $jobName = 'refund';

    public function process(array $payload, SharedJobReceived $event): void
    {
        // Handle the refund...
    }
}

Alternatively, you can listen for SharedJobReceived directly with a plain listener:

use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Events\Attribute\AsListener;
use Laratusk\SharedJobs\Events\SharedJobReceived;

#[AsListener(SharedJobReceived::class)]
class HandleRefund
{
    public function handle(SharedJobReceived $event): void
    {
        if ($event->name !== 'refund') {
            return;
        }

        // Handle the refund using $event->payload ...
    }
}

Dispatch and Wait

For synchronous-like communication:

$result = SharedJob::dispatchAndWait('refund', ['account_id' => 5], timeout: 30);

In the consumer, respond with data:

public function process(array $payload, SharedJobReceived $event): void
{
    // Process...
    $event->respond(['success' => true, 'refund_id' => 123]);
}

Testing

use Laratusk\SharedJobs\Facades\SharedJob;

SharedJob::fake();

// ... code that dispatches ...

SharedJob::assertDispatched('refund', function (string $name, array $payload): bool {
    return $payload['account_id'] === 5;
});

SharedJob::assertNotDispatched('suspend-account');
SharedJob::assertNothingDispatched();
SharedJob::assertDispatchedTimes('refund', 2);

How It Works

App 1                        Shared DB                   App 2
─────                        ─────────                   ─────
SharedJob::dispatch(     →   shared_jobs table      →    php artisan queue:work
  'refund',                  (Laravel's own               shared-jobs --queue=shared
  ['account_id' => 5]       jobs table structure)
)                                                         ↓
                                                   ProcessSharedJob::handle()
                                                         ↓
                                                   event(new SharedJobReceived(...))
                                                         ↓
                                                   Your Listener handles it

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.