Running Artisan Command from laravel 4.2 Controller

Question

I am trying to execute some custom artisan command from controller like

Artisan::call('php artisan MyCustomCommand');

but it works fine when I execute

php artisan MuCustomCommand from CLI.

I have registered command in app/start/artisan.php. Even Artisan::call('php artisan --help'); is not working.

I think by using laravel 4.2 you can't run the command via code. As their documentation is also not showing any information related to this. As the code which you have used it is available in laravel 5.1 and 5.2 where you have to register your command in `app/Console/Kernel.php` file. — Alankar More, Feb 01 '16 at 07:55
When Artisan::call('php artisan MyCustomCommand') is executed, it returns "InvalidArgumentException Command "php artisan CustomCommand" is not defined." — suresh726, Feb 01 '16 at 07:57
For this error registered your CustomCommand class in app.php file e.g. View, Request , Sessions are have aliases. — Alankar More, Feb 01 '16 at 08:00

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '16 at 08:01

You should run artisan command like this from your controller . Example :

 Artisan::call('migrate:install');

So Instead of doing Artisan::call('php artisan MyCustomCommand');

You should do

Artisan::call('MyCustomCommand');

Hope it helps :)

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