Command line: Basics

• Usage

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Mako includes a CLI tool called reactor. Reactor allows you to run parts of you application from the command line. This is especially useful when creating long running tasks such as cronjobs.

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Usage

Mako includes a several useful tasks by default. To list the available tasks just type this in your console:

php reactor

It should print the following on a default Mako installation

Usage:

 php reactor <action> [arguments] [options]

Global options:

 --env                Allows you to override the default environment.
 --database           Allows you to override the default database connection.

Available actions:

 app.up               Takes the application online.
 app.down             Takes the application offline.
 app.generate_secret  Generates a new application secret.

 console              Starts a debug console.

 migrate.status       Checks if there are any outstanding migrations.
 migrate.create       Creates a new migration.
 migrate.up           Runs all outstanding migrations.
 migrate.down         Rolls back the last batch of migrations.
 migrate.reset        Rolls back all migrations.

 server               Starts a local development server.

Executing a task is done like this:

php reactor app.down

You can list detailed information about a specific task like this:

php reactor console --task-info

All tasks have two special parameters, env and database which lets you override the environment and database connection to use.