CakePHP 2 Shell Arguments help / example

Question

I can't seem to find a simple concrete example of how to receive an argument on a CakePHP 2 shell script.

    class TestShell extends AppShell {
        public function argumentTest(){
            $parser = parent::getOptionParser();
            $parser->addArgument('testArgument', array('short' => 't','help' => 'The test argument'));
            var_dump($this->params);
        }
    }

I then try and call it:

• Console/cake TestShell argumentTest --t 45

• Console/cake TestShell argumentTest -t 45

• Console/cake TestShell argumentTest --testArgument 45

• Console/cake TestShell argumentTest -testArgument 45

with all of the above I get this as a response:

Usage:
cake lot_web_service [-h] [-v] [-q]

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You should set up the arguments when the option parser is set up:

public function getOptionParser() {
    $parser = parent::getOptionParser();
    //configure parser
    return $parser;
}

This ensures that the options and arguments are set up prior to dispatching the call. Also, from what it looks like, you're wanting addOption() instead of addArgument().