Maintenance Mode without using Artisan?

Question

I\'m just wondering if anyone know\'s if there\'s a way to activate maintenance mode on a laravel website without using Artisan? I don\'t have command line access to the ser

Answer 1

This is for Laravel 4.1 and below

Laravel 5 downfile is in storage/framework/down - thanks @ruuter.

Taking a look at the DownCommand class for Artisan, it seems to create a new file within the app/storage/meta folder.

Heres the DownCommand fire method.

public function fire()
{
    touch($this->laravel['path.storage'].'/meta/down');

    $this->comment('Application is now in maintenance mode.');
}

And the corresponding UpCommand fire method.

public function fire()
{
    @unlink($this->laravel['path.storage'].'/meta/down');

    $this->info('Application is now live.');
}

These files are located in vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console.

It specifically creates a file called down in app/storage/meta.

You could create an authorized route / controller action to replicate these commands.

Note Sjaak Trekhaa's comment below, that is the method I would use now that I've been reminded of it!