Call laravel controller via command line

Question

In kohana framework I can call controller via command line using

php5 index.php --uri=controller/method/var1/var2 

Is it possible to call controller I want in Laravel 5 via cli? If yes, how to do this?

Answer 1

There is no way so far (not sure if there will ever be). However you can create your own Artisan Command that can do that. Create a command CallRoute using this:

php artisan make:console CallRoute 

For Laravel 5.3 or greater you need to use make:command instead:

php artisan make:command CallRoute 

This will generate a command class in app/Console/Commands/CallRoute.php. The contents of that class should look like this:

<?php namespace App\Console\Commands;  use Illuminate\Console\Command; use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption; use Illuminate\Http\Request;  class CallRoute extends Command {      protected $name = 'route:call';     protected $description = 'Call route from CLI';      public function __construct()     {         parent::__construct();     }      public function fire()     {         $request = Request::create($this->option('uri'), 'GET');         $this->info(app()['Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel']->handle($request));     }      protected function getOptions()     {         return [             ['uri', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'The path of the route to be called', null],         ];     }  } 

You then need to register the command by adding it to the $commands array in app/Console/Kernel.php:

protected $commands = [     ...,     'App\Console\Commands\CallRoute', ]; 

You can now call any route by using this command:

php artisan route:call --uri=/route/path/with/param 

Mind you, this command will return a response as it would be sent to the browser, that means it includes the HTTP headers at the top of the output.