Laravel 5 maintenance mode turn on without artisan

Question

Is there any possibility to turn on and turn off Laravel 5 maintenance without php artisan up and down commands when my website is being hosted ?

What I\'ve done:

Answer 1

I think the right answer is missing here.. You could add your route to app/http/middleware/CheckForMaintenanceMode.php

protected $except = [
        //here
];

So It never would be off.