Run arbitrary scripts in context of a Laravel application

console.php

<?php
/**
* This Artisan command can run any file in the context of application.
* It can be useful to test some scripts in production/staging to see what's happening.
* You can also use `$this->*` functions in script.
* This reads scripts from `storage` folder, but nothing prevents you from changing it.
**/
Artisan::command('run:script {script}', function ($script) {
    $full_path = storage_path($script);
    if (file_exists($full_path)) {
        require $full_path;
    } else {
        $this->error("File {$script} does not exist in `storage` folder, double check name.");
    }
});