Running cmd commands / shell-scripts from Controller

Hey,

is it possible to run shell-scripts or shell-commands from within a Laravel controller? Artisan commands are not the problem because of the Artisan::call() command.

What I want, is to execute scripts or commands. Especially composer or git commands. These commands should be executed from the projects root directory. So I get errors running these commands from within a controller via shell_exec() or exec().

Any ideas how to solve this problem? Is there a php function to run a complete script, not only one command? Of course, I could write a php script and get every command done.

Thanks!

goatshark

10 years ago

Level 14

@Brotzka I used Symfony's Process component (already in Laravel). http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/process.html

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Brotzka

10 years ago

Level 1

@goatshark Does this execute the commands in the projects root directory? As you know, it makes no sense to run composer commands from another location than the root directory..^^

And is it possible to run git commands?

goatshark

10 years ago

Level 14

@Brotzka There are getWorkingDirectory() and setWorkingDirectory() methods on the Process class. http://api.symfony.com/3.0/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.html#method_getWorkingDirectory http://api.symfony.com/3.0/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.html#method_setWorkingDirectory

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