Laravelium Sitemap Example

GenerateSitemap.php

<?php

namespace App\Jobs;

use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
use App\Item;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class GenerateSitemap implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;

    /**
     * Create a new job instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }

    /**
     * Execute the job.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function handle()
    {
        // resolve sitemap from Service Container
        $sitemap = resolve('sitemap');

        // counters
        $counter = 0;
        $sitemapCounter = 0;

        // add every product to multiple sitemaps with one sitemap index
        foreach (Item::with('category')->cursor() as $item) {
            if ($counter == 50000) {
                // generate new sitemap file
                $sitemap->store('xml', 'sitemap-' . $sitemapCounter);
                // add the file to the sitemaps array
                $sitemap->addSitemap(secure_url('sitemap-' . $sitemapCounter . '.xml'));
                // reset items array (clear memory)
                $sitemap->model->resetItems();
                // reset the counter
                $counter = 0;
                // count generated sitemap
                $sitemapCounter++;
            }

            // add product to items array
            $sitemap->add(config('app.url') . '/vurder/'.  $item->category->slug . '/' . $item->slug, $item->created_at->tz('UTC')->toAtomString(), 0.9, 'weekly');
            // count number of elements
            $counter++;
        }

        // you need to check for unused items
        if (!empty($sitemap->model->getItems())) {
            // generate sitemap with last items
            $sitemap->store('xml', 'sitemap-' . $sitemapCounter);
            // add sitemap to sitemaps array
            $sitemap->addSitemap(secure_url('sitemap-' . $sitemapCounter . '.xml'));
            // reset items array
            $sitemap->model->resetItems();
        }

        // generate new sitemapindex that will contain all generated sitemaps above
        $sitemap->store('sitemapindex', 'sitemap');
    }
}

This gist shows how to generate big sitemaps with Laravelium Sitemap (1M ++ records).

1. create a new job (php artisan make:job GenerateJob)
2. call the job from a controller or generate a scheduled command

https://gitlab.com/Laravelium/Sitemap

Laravelium Sitemap is the best package for Laravel I have found for creating large sitemaps.