What are Laravel events?

Laravel events provide a mechanism to implement the observer pattern, allowing you to subscribe and listen for various events that occur within your application. This system helps in decoupling different parts of your application, making it more modular and maintainable.

Key Concepts of Laravel Events

1. Event Definition:

   • An event in Laravel is a class that represents a significant occurrence in your application. For example, an event could be a user registration, an order being placed, or a post being published.
   • Events are typically stored in the app/Events directory. You can generate an event class using the Artisan command: php artisan make:event EventName[4][5].

2. Listener Definition:

   • A listener is a class that handles the logic that should be executed when an event is fired. Listeners are stored in the app/Listeners directory.
   • You can generate a listener class using the Artisan command: php artisan make:listener ListenerName --event=EventName[4][5].

3. Registering Events and Listeners:

   • Events and their corresponding listeners are registered in the EventServiceProvider class, typically located in the app/Providers directory.
   • The $listen property of the EventServiceProvider contains an array of event-listener mappings. For example:
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     protected $listen = [
         'App\Events\OrderShipped' => [
             'App\Listeners\SendShipmentNotification',
         ],
     ];
     ```[4][5][6].

4. Dispatching Events:

   • Events can be dispatched using the event helper function or the Event facade. For example:
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     event(new OrderShipped($order));
     ```[4][5][6].

5. Queued Event Listeners:

   • Listeners can be queued to handle time-consuming tasks asynchronously. This is done by implementing the ShouldQueue interface in the listener class[4][5][6].

6. Event Subscribers:

   • Event subscribers are classes that can listen to multiple events. They are registered in the EventServiceProvider using the $subscribe property. Subscribers must implement a subscribe method to register their event listeners[4][5][6].

Benefits of Using Laravel Events

• Decoupling: Events help in decoupling different parts of your application, making it ...