Creating and using Laravel 4 commands

Question

EDIT: Figured out where I was going wrong and placed an answer at the end

I\'m trying to create a Laravel Command, I can see it\'s changed considerably from \"tasks\" in

Answer 1

In newer Laravel versions there isn't an import command. You just have to do the following two thing:

1. Register your command in app/start/artisan.php:

   Artisan::add(new Import);
   

2. Run the command in Artisan:

   php artisan command:name Import
   

Answer 2

try this.

protected function getArguments()
{
    return [];
}

protected function getOptions()
{
    return [];
} 

also add this in /app/start/artisan.php

Artisan::add(new ParseCommand);

then Run Command on Root directory

./artisan command:import; 

Answer 3

Actually figured this out. Further down the documentation it states that you must register your command in "app/start/artisan.php" using the following method:

Artisan::add(new import);

Also the name you give in your command class is significant as that's what you need to use to call it. So I should have actually been calling it like so:

php artisan command:import

One final thing. What the fire() returns is unimportant, to return strings you must echo them.

Answer 4

there's a mis-understanding on Artisan commands because of the used wording.

In your case you choose : 'command:import' as a name of one of your 'Import' commands.

Think about it as an object, with methods.

If "Import" has many commands:

you can use as command name > protected $name = 'import:csv';

another command would be > protected $name = 'import:txt';

and > protected $name = 'import:contacts';

so your commands with "Import" nature are better organised.

and when you request , you see your commands organised as a single entity.

If not,

and you have only a single command then give your command a single clear name. protected $name = 'import';