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Did you try tinker?
php artisan tinker
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What could be an easy way to see .php file output in terminal?
Many a times, I quickly wish to create laravel project and quickly use some in-built classes to perform some calculations.
In order to see the output, what I tend to do is,
- create a route
- write my logic within it
- access it using browser to print output and check my logic.
Is there any way to just get the output in terminal ?
Note: I could use plain php but sometimes I need to access vendor files of laravel framework. That is why I am looking for a specific solution to my problem.
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php artisan tinker ?
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I use tinker a lot to "tinker" with my code.
But sometimes when I want to test a longer script using my app's classes and Laravel goodies I often add a command to the ./routes/console.php file:
// ./routes/console.php
Artisan::command('app:test', function () {
$this->info('testing');
// ... some code
});
And run it from the CLI:
$ php artisan app:test
Just to add another tool to your tool belt =)
EDIT fixed the path where you can define your artisan commands using the Artisan façade. Thanks @sinnbeck for the heads up.
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There is also a package by spatie to let you use tinker in the browser
https://github.com/spatie/laravel-web-tinker
There is also Tinkerwell, but that costs money
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@rodrigo.pedra Did you bind that route yourself? As far as I know, laravel does not come with a routes/artisan.php file? Or did you mean routes/console.php ?
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Yes, I meant ./routes/console.php
It was a bit late down here, so it might have been wishful thinking... Thanks for the heads up!
I'll add a comment to that response for later reference.
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