static string|null getDefaultName()

Return Value

string|null

The default command name or null when no default name is set

__construct(string $name = null)

Parameters

string

$name

The name of the command; passing null means it must be set in configure()

Exceptions

LogicException

When the command name is empty

ignoreValidationErrors()

Ignores validation errors.

This is mainly useful for the help command.

setApplication(Application $application = null)

Parameters

Application

$application

setHelperSet(HelperSet $helperSet)

Parameters

HelperSet

$helperSet

HelperSet getHelperSet()

Gets the helper set.

Return Value

HelperSet

A HelperSet instance

Application getApplication()

Gets the application instance for this command.

Return Value

Application

An Application instance

bool isEnabled()

Checks whether the command is enabled or not in the current environment.

Override this to check for x or y and return false if the command can not run properly under the current conditions.

Return Value

bool

protected configure()

Configures the current command.

protected int|null execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

Executes the current command.

This method is not abstract because you can use this class as a concrete class. In this case, instead of defining the execute() method, you set the code to execute by passing a Closure to the setCode() method.

Parameters

InputInterface	$input
OutputInterface	$output

Return Value

int|null

null or 0 if everything went fine, or an error code

Exceptions

LogicException

When this abstract method is not implemented

protected interact(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

Interacts with the user.

This method is executed before the InputDefinition is validated. This means that this is the only place where the command can interactively ask for values of missing required arguments.

Parameters

InputInterface	$input
OutputInterface	$output

protected initialize(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

Initializes the command after the input has been bound and before the input is validated.

This is mainly useful when a lot of commands extends one main command where some things need to be initialized based on the input arguments and options.

Parameters

InputInterface	$input
OutputInterface	$output

See also

InputInterface::bind
InputInterface::validate

int run(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

Runs the command.

The code to execute is either defined directly with the setCode() method or by overriding the execute() method in a sub-class.

Parameters

InputInterface	$input
OutputInterface	$output

Return Value

int	The command exit code

Exceptions

Exception

When binding input fails. Bypass this by calling {@link ignoreValidationErrors()}.

See also

setCode()
execute()

$this setCode(callable $code)

Sets the code to execute when running this command.

If this method is used, it overrides the code defined in the execute() method.

Parameters

callable

$code

A callable(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

See also

execute()

mergeApplicationDefinition(bool $mergeArgs = true)

Merges the application definition with the command definition.

This method is not part of public API and should not be used directly.

Parameters

bool

$mergeArgs

Whether to merge or not the Application definition arguments to Command definition arguments

$this setDefinition(array|InputDefinition $definition)

Sets an array of argument and option instances.

Parameters

array|InputDefinition

$definition

An array of argument and option instances or a definition instance

Return Value

$this

InputDefinition getDefinition()

Gets the InputDefinition attached to this Command.

Return Value

InputDefinition

An InputDefinition instance

InputDefinition getNativeDefinition()

Gets the InputDefinition to be used to create representations of this Command.

Can be overridden to provide the original command representation when it would otherwise be changed by merging with the application InputDefinition.

This method is not part of public API and should not be used directly.

Return Value

InputDefinition

An InputDefinition instance

$this addArgument(string $name, int|null $mode = null, string $description = '', string|string[]|null $default = null)

Adds an argument.

Parameters

string	$name	The argument name
int|null	$mode	The argument mode: self::REQUIRED or self::OPTIONAL
string	$description	A description text
string|string[]|null	$default	The default value (for self::OPTIONAL mode only)

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

When argument mode is not valid

$this addOption(string $name, string|array $shortcut = null, int|null $mode = null, string $description = '', string|string[]|bool|null $default = null)

Adds an option.

Parameters

string	$name	The option name
string|array	$shortcut	The shortcuts, can be null, a string of shortcuts delimited by | or an array of shortcuts
int|null	$mode	The option mode: One of the VALUE_* constants
string	$description	A description text
string|string[]|bool|null	$default	The default value (must be null for self::VALUE_NONE)

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

If option mode is invalid or incompatible

$this setName(string $name)

Sets the name of the command.

This method can set both the namespace and the name if you separate them by a colon (:)

$command->setName('foo:bar');

Parameters

string

$name

The command name

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

When the name is invalid

$this setProcessTitle(string $title)

Sets the process title of the command.

This feature should be used only when creating a long process command, like a daemon.

PHP 5.5+ or the proctitle PECL library is required

Parameters

string

$title

The process title

Return Value

$this

string getName()

Returns the command name.

Return Value

string

The command name

Command setHidden(bool $hidden)

Parameters

bool

$hidden

Whether or not the command should be hidden from the list of commands

Return Value

Command

The current instance

bool isHidden()

Return Value

bool	whether the command should be publicly shown or not

$this setDescription(string $description)

Sets the description for the command.

Parameters

string

$description

The description for the command

Return Value

$this

string getDescription()

Returns the description for the command.

Return Value

string

The description for the command

$this setHelp(string $help)

Sets the help for the command.

Parameters

string

$help

The help for the command

Return Value

$this

string getHelp()

Returns the help for the command.

Return Value

string

The help for the command

string getProcessedHelp()

Returns the processed help for the command replacing the %command.name% and %command.full_name% patterns with the real values dynamically.

Return Value

string

The processed help for the command

$this setAliases(string[] $aliases)

Sets the aliases for the command.

Parameters

string[]

$aliases

An array of aliases for the command

Return Value

$this

Exceptions

InvalidArgumentException

When an alias is invalid

array getAliases()

Returns the aliases for the command.

Return Value

array

An array of aliases for the command

string getSynopsis(bool $short = false)

Returns the synopsis for the command.

Parameters

bool

$short

Whether to show the short version of the synopsis (with options folded) or not

Return Value

string

The synopsis

$this addUsage(string $usage)

Add a command usage example.

Parameters

string

$usage

The usage, it'll be prefixed with the command name

Return Value

$this

array getUsages()

Returns alternative usages of the command.

Return Value

array

mixed getHelper(string $name)

Gets a helper instance by name.

Parameters

string

$name

The helper name

Return Value

mixed

The helper value

Exceptions

LogicException	if no HelperSet is defined
InvalidArgumentException	if the helper is not defined