Symfony CLI arguments are interpreted by PHP

Question

I'm trying to import a database structure to mapping with Symfony/Doctrine.

I followed the tutorial here and it gives the command to create mapping files from existing databases:

php app/console doctrine:mapping:convert xml ./src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/doctrine/metadata/orm --from-database --force

But the PHP interpreter exits instantly:

PHP Fatal error:  Option inconnue --from-database in Unknown on line 0
Could not startup.

(Option inconnue means unknown option in french)

I can understand that PHP do not pass the arguments to app/console script.

If I try with HHVM, the arguments are sent to the PHP script (so, it runs fine).

PHP version: PHP 5.5.12-2ubuntu4.1

EDIT: Problem solved, see my answer below. I will accept it tomorrow (StackOverflow limitation).

Answer 1

Because of the shebang in the console script, you can omit the php interpreter call in the command line by doing:

chmod +x app/console
./app/console doctrine:mapping:convert xml ./src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/doctrine/metadata/orm --from-database --force

or, alternatively, you can do:

php app/console -- doctrine:mapping:convert xml ./src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/doctrine/metadata/orm --from-database --force

Please note the separating additional -- after the script input filename, that tell the php interpreter that each successive argument should be led to the script.