Introduce Http status code response helper

src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
 use Illuminate\Support\HtmlString;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
 if (! function_exists('abort')) {
@@ -905,6 +906,36 @@ function session($key = null, $default = null)
     }
 }
 
+if (! function_exists('status')) {
+    /**
+     * Create a response with the given code.
+     *
+     * @param  int|null  $code
+     * @return ($code is null ? object : \Illuminate\Http\Response)
+     *
+     * @throws RuntimeException
+     */
+    function status($code = null)
+    {
+        if (! is_null($code)) {
+            return response()->noContent($code);
+        }
+
+        return new class
+        {
+            public function __call(string $name, array $arguments)
+            {
+                $constant = 'Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response::HTTP_'.Str::upper(Str::snake($name));
+                if (! defined($constant)) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException('Invalid status code method: '.$name);
+                }
+
+                return response()->noContent(constant($constant));
+            }
+        };
+    }
+}
+
 if (! function_exists('storage_path')) {
     /**
      * Get the path to the storage folder.

tests/Integration/Foundation/FoundationHelpersTest.php

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Debug\ExceptionHandler;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Orchestra\Testbench\Attributes\WithConfig;
@@ -144,6 +145,40 @@ public function testFakeUsesLocale()
         $this->assertSame('Australian Capital Territory', fake()->state());
     }
 
+    public function testStatusCodeResponsesWithIntegers()
+    {
+        $code = Arr::random([100, 200, 201, 400, 409, 422, 500, 503]);
+
+        Route::get('test-status-helper', fn () => status($code));
+
+        $response = $this->get('/test-status-helper');
+
+        $response->assertStatus($code);
+        $response->assertContent('');
+    }
+
+    public function testStatusCodeResponsesWithMethodNames()
+    {
+        $status = Arr::random([100 => 'continue', 200 => 'ok', 405 => 'methodNotAllowed', 418 => 'iAmATeapot', 503 => 'serviceUnavailable'], 1, preserveKeys: true);
+        $code = key($status);
+        $name = current($status);
+
+        Route::get('test-status-helper', fn () => status()->$name());
+
+        $response = $this->get('/test-status-helper');
+
+        $response->assertStatus($code);
+        $response->assertContent('');
+    }
+
+    public function testStatusCodeResponsesThrowsException()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(\RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Invalid status code method: unknownName');
+
+        status()->unknownName();
+    }
+
     protected function makeManifest($directory = '')
     {
         app()->usePublicPath(__DIR__);