Laravel Artisan command to clear Beanstalkd Queue(s)

ClearBeanstalkdQueueCommand.php

<?php namespace App\Console\Commands;

use App\Contract\ListingsInterface;
use App\Contract\ListingCreatorInterface;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;

class ClearBeanstalkdQueueCommand extends Command
{
    /**
    * The console command name.
    *
    * @var string
    */
    protected $name = 'queue:beanstalkd:clear';

    /**
    * The console command description.
    *
    * @var string
    */
    protected $description = 'Clear a Beanstalkd queue, by deleting all pending jobs.';

    /**
    * Defines the arguments.
    *
    * @return array
    */
    public function getArguments()
    {
        return [
            ['queue', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'The name of the queue to clear.'],
        ];
    }

    /**
    * Execute the console command.
    *
    * @return void
    */
    public function fire()
    {
        $queue = ($this->argument('queue')) ? $this->argument('queue') : \Config::get('queue.connections.beanstalkd.queue');

        $this->info(sprintf('Clearing queue: %s', $queue));

        $pheanstalk = \Queue::getPheanstalk();
        $pheanstalk->useTube($queue);
        $pheanstalk->watch($queue);

        while ($job = $pheanstalk->reserve(0)) {
            $pheanstalk->delete($job);
        }

        $this->info('...cleared.');
    }
}