Laravel queue only run one job

Question

In my table "jobs" have 5 jobs, i used the process "php artisan queue:listen" on localhost then it ran all jobs and finished. But when i used this process on server then it only once ran one jobs (same "php artisan queue:work"). I use queue_driver is "database".

Solution 1

TL;DR

php artisan queue:work = run one queued job and stop

php artisan queue:listen = run all queued jobs and listen for more until stopped

Further detail:

How are you running the commands? Are you just opening a terminal and running it or do you have a cron job to run at intervals?

If you're just opening a terminal and running php artisan queue:work will complete one task on the queue then stop, whereas if you run php artisan queue:listen it will process all the jobs in the queue and continue to listen for any further jobs until it is stopped.

Read further in the docs regarding queue:work:

Starting The Queue Listener

Laravel includes an Artisan command that will run new jobs as they are pushed onto the queue. You may run the listener using the queue:listen command:

php artisan queue:listen

Processing The First Job On The Queue

To process only the first job on the queue, you may use the queue:work command:

php artisan queue:work

What you should be doing?

I am guessing what you ideally want to do on your server is set up a cron job to run continuously at intervals and have it run queue:work. Better yet, acquaint yourself with the docs and make a decision after that.

See similar question answered here: What is the difference between queue:work --daemon and queue:listen

Solution 2

Update - Laravel 5.5+

Just use:

php artisan queue:work --once

Comments

[dungdoan]

Hi @haakym, I used the command "php artisan queue:work --daemon" and succeed, this command run all jobs in my queue. Thank you very much.

[haakym]

@dungdq You're welcome, glad you got it working! If the answer I gave solved your question you can mark it as correct by pressing on the tick next to my answer or if it is was helpful you can upvote it. Thanks.

[151291]

Xampp : php artisan queue:listen not listens upcoming jobs. just runs already added and stops.

[haakym]

Docs say otherwise: laravel.com/docs/5.5/queues#running-the-queue-worker you're best making your own question and explaining the whole process you're attempting and what happens and what you are expecting to happen

[Ankit Jindal]

queue:listen are just processing one queue item but I have 20 queue items in the database and more getting stacked. To clear up queue items I need to run queue:listen again and again, each time clearing just one. @haakym

[shamaseen]

from Laravel docs > Note that once the queue:work command has started, it will continue to run until it is manually stopped or you close your terminal