CLI

Usage

Mako includes a CLI tool called reactor. Reactor allows you to run parts of you application from the command line. This is especially useful when creating long running tasks such as cronjobs.

Usage

Mako includes a several useful tasks by default. To list the available tasks just type this in your console:

php reactor

It should print the following on a default Mako installation

Usage:

 php reactor <action> [arguments] [options]

Global options:

 --env                Allows you to override the default environment.
 --database           Allows you to override the default database connection.

Available actions:

 app.up               Takes the application online.
 app.down             Takes the application offline.
 app.generate_secret  Generates a new application secret.

 console              Starts a debug console.

 migrate.status       Checks if there are any outstanding migrations.
 migrate.create       Creates a new migration.
 migrate.up           Runs all outstanding migrations.
 migrate.down         Rolls back the last batch of migrations.
 migrate.reset        Rolls back all migrations.

 server               Starts a local development server.

Executing a task is done like this:

php reactor app.down

You can list detailed information about a specific task like this:

php reactor console --task-info

All tasks have two special parameters, env and database which lets you override the environment and database connection to use.