Is it possible to execute command prompt from Laravel controller?

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Is it possible to execute command prompt from Laravel controller? If YES, then how can i execute a command and what is the best way to do this? If NO,is there any other way how i can do this?

How about PHP exec or shell-exec: http://php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php — hktang, Aug 27 '18 at 06:27
Also see this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44374495/run-sh-file-using-exec-laravel-php — hktang, Aug 27 '18 at 06:27
Possible duplicate of [Call shell commands from laravel controller?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26527091/call-shell-commands-from-laravel-controller) — Erubiel, Aug 27 '18 at 06:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 01 '18 at 05:26

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I dont Know if I get it. Cant you use PHP system()? If I'm wrong please explain clearly

http://php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

edited Dec 01 '18 at 05:26

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answered Aug 27 '18 at 06:29

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Actually, that was my bad, you did not really post a followup question, removed my comment (and will remove this tomorrow so it's clean here, hehe). – Jite Aug 27 '18 at 18:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 05 '21 at 13:57

Not 100% sure what you mean with "command prompt" but you can execute commands directly from php with the exec function. This is often not a recommended approach though and I would suspect that it is possible that if you need to run exec there is a design issue in the application.

I would recommend that you consider other approaches to the problem and only use exec in very special conditions.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 27 '18 at 08:32

If you only need to run artisan commands (e.g. migrating the database) you can easily do that from your controller:

Route::get('/foo', function () {
    $exitCode = Artisan::call('email:send', [
        'user' => 1, '--queue' => 'default'
    ]);

    //
});

Source: Laravel Docs

There are some packages available that give you a UI for calling Artisan commands, just search for "laravel artisan web".

If you need to execute other commands you should give us more information about what you're trying to do.

Is it possible to execute command prompt from Laravel controller?

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