Generating DTOs

You can create DTOs using the make:dto command:

php artisan make:dto UserDTO

The DTOs are going to be created inside app/DTOs by default. You can customize the path by updating the namespace property in the config/dto.php file:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| NAMESPACE
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| The namespace where your DTOs will be created.
|
*/

'namespace' => 'App\\DTOs',

Compared to v2, the generated DTO from v3 is more simple and only contains the most used methods:

• rules() (For Validated DTOs only)

• defaults()

• casts()

If you want to customize further your DTO add the missing methods when needed.

• messages()

• attributes()

• mapData()

• mapToTransform()

Customizing DTO Stubs

You can publish the DTO stubs to customize them to your needs with the dto:stubs command. This will create the stubs in a stubs folder at the root of the project.