Defining Input

Your command that extends the Cli class can get all input on the CLI as well.

Options

Creating Options

Options are created in the $commandOptions variable in your class.

Option Syntax

'a',        // short flag -a, parameter is not allowed
'b:',       // short flag -b, parameter is required
'c::',      // short flag -c, parameter is optional
'foo',      // long option --foo, parameter is not allowed
'bar:',     // long option --bar, parameter is required
'baz::',    // long option --baz, parameter is optional
'g*::',     // short flag -g, parameter is optional, multi-pass

Options can also be aliased by comma separating the appropriate params in the key of your command pair

public $commandOptions = [
    'verbose,v'    => 'Both --verbose and -v will have the same result',
];

Get Option Values

The Cli class automatically parses all defined options in your command. These are automatically loaded when your command is initialized, and can be accessed by the option

Arguments

The entirety of the command line input can be accessed in the $this->arguments variable in your class.

print_r($this->arguments);

// Returns
// Array
// (
//     [0] => make:extension
//     [1] => AwesomeExtension
// )
// => true

Interactive Input

Command input can be retrieved using $this->ask():

$name = $this->ask("What's your name?");

Simple boolean confirmation can be retrieved using $this->confirm() and will respond to truthy answers (1, yes, y):

$answer = $this->confirm("Are you liking these questions?");