actions

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title: Actions

Actions let you register callbacks on named hooks and execute them later. Use them for decoupled event-style triggers inside your Laravel app.

See also: Filters and Priorities and Execution Order.

API

• addAction(string $hook, callable $callback, int $priority = 10): void
• doAction(string $hook, mixed ...$args): void

Usage

use function addAction;
use function doAction;

addAction('order.placed', function ($order) {
    // Handle the order placed event
});

// Later, when the event occurs
doAction('order.placed', $order);

Priorities

You can control execution order with the optional $priority parameter. Lower numbers run first.

addAction('order.placed', fn () => logger('first'), 5);
addAction('order.placed', fn () => logger('second'), 10);
addAction('order.placed', fn () => logger('third'), 20);

Read more in Priorities and Execution Order.

Best Practices

• Keep callbacks small and focused.
• Prefer job dispatching for heavy work inside callbacks.
• Namespacing hook names (e.g., "order.placed" or "user.registered") avoids collisions.

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