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Reputation: 11830

Running shell scripts from Cake PHP

I have an application that I have written in a very MVC fashion using Cake PHP. I now need to execute a shell script from within the application. Does Cake PHP provide a way of executing shell scripts? I.e. is there anything built in to do this or not? I am using CakePHP 2.

Many thanks :).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4933

Answers (2)

mark
mark

Reputation: 21743

yes, you can easily execute shell scripts manually from within your application. in 2.x this is even easier than in 1.3 etc:

App::uses('MyShell', 'Console/Command');
$this->My = new MyShell();
$this->My->myMethod();

I use it to test the shells I write inside the test cases. But it would also work within the app :)

Similar with Tasks. I use that in my TranslatePlugin to execute the ExtractTask of the core with some specific settings directly from the controller/model level.

Be aware that you might have to add/pass some manual ConsoleOutput class if you have some specific shell script. It would be better to move your code to a Task (not a shell!) if possible. Even better, move it inside a Lib or some other generic file you can dispatch from both your shell and your normal app code. This would be the cleanest approach on this subject.

Upvotes: 10

Oldskool
Oldskool

Reputation: 34877

Not directly, no. Shell script are -as the name suggests- meant to be run from a shell and not from within your app.

Although, there are some pointers how you can make your app interact with your shells in deizel's answer to this question.

Upvotes: 0

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