The artisan command to approve a candidate to join the Employbl network so that they can login and update their profile

ApproveCandidate.php

<?php

//...

class ApproveCandidate extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'approve:candidates 
                            {--userIds= : comma separated list of user ids to approve}';

    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Approve candidate by setting active=1 on users table and sending them a welcome email :)';

    /**
     * Create a new command instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        $userIds = explode(',', $this->option('userIds'));
        $users = User::find($userIds);

        if($users->isEmpty()){
            $this->error('No users found with any of those ids');
            return;
        }

        $users->each(function($user){
            $user->active = 1;
            $user->save();

            Mail::to($user->email)
                ->send(new \App\Mail\ApproveCandidate($user));
            $this->info('Sent approval email to ' . $user->email);
        });

    }
}

Full tutorial here: https://employbl.com/blog/user-approval-laravel-artisan-welcome-email