How to save/redirect output from Laravel Artisan command?

Question

I'm using Artisan::call() in one of my routes and would like to save the command output to a variable.

Is there any way to capture the STDOUT and STDERR generated by the artisan command?

Answer 1

This is a way:

use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\BufferedOutput;

Route::get('/test', function()
{
    $output = new BufferedOutput;

    Artisan::call('list', array(), $output);

    return $output->fetch();
});

Answer 2

When running a command from inside another command, here is how to get all the styling:

public function handle()
{
    Artisan::call('other:command', [], $this->getOutput());
}