How to run a script which uses ZendFramework library from CLI

Question

I intend to run a script using ZendFramework library from CLI. My script is as following:

require_once 'Zend/Loader.php';
Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Rest_Client');

It can run in a browser, but failed in a command prompt. How can I let the script run from CLI?

Thanks!

Answer 1

this post has some the info you are looking for: Running a Zend Framework action from command line

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Below you will find complete functional code that I wrote and use for cron jobs within my apps...

Need to do the following:

1. pull required files in you cli file
2. initialize the application and bootstrap resources. Here you can capture cli params and setup request object so it is dispatched properly.
3. set controller directory
4. run the application

Here is documentation on Zend_Console_Getopt that will help you understand how to work with cli params.

code for cli.php

<?php

// Define path to application directory
defined('APPLICATION_PATH') || define('APPLICATION_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application'));

// Define application environment
defined('APPLICATION_ENV') || define('APPLICATION_ENV', 'development');

// Ensure library/ is on include_path
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array(
    realpath(APPLICATION_PATH . '/libraries'),
    get_include_path(),
)));

//  initialize application
require_once 'My/Application/Cron.php';
$application = new My_Application_Cron(APPLICATION_ENV, APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini');
$application->bootstrap();

//
Zend_Controller_Front::getInstance()->setControllerDirectory(APPLICATION_PATH . '/../scripts/controllers');

//
$application->run();

My_Application_Cron class code:

<?php

//  because we are extending core application file we have to explicitly require it
//  the autoloading occurs in the bootstrap which is part of this class
require_once 'Zend/Application.php';

class My_Application_Cron extends Zend_Application
{

    protected $_cliRequest = null;

    protected function _bootstrapCliRequest()
    {
        $this->_isCliBootstapped = true;

        try {
            $opts = array(
                'help|h' => 'Displays usage information.',
                'action|a=s' => 'Action to perform in format of module.controller.action',
                'params|p=p' => 'URL-encoded parameter list',
                //'verbose|v' => 'Verbose messages will be dumped to the default output.',
            );
            $opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt($opts);
            $opts->setOption('ignoreCase', true)
                ->parse();

        } catch (Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception $e) {
            exit($e->getMessage() . "\n\n" . $e->getUsageMessage());
        }

        //  See if help needed
        if (isset($opts->h)) {
            $prog = $_SERVER['argv'][0];
            $msg = PHP_EOL
                . $opts->getUsageMessage()
                . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL
                . 'Examples:' . PHP_EOL
                . "php $prog -a index.index'" . PHP_EOL
                . "php $prog -a index.index -p 'fname=John&lname=Smith'" . PHP_EOL
                . "php $prog -a index.index -p 'name=John+Smith'" . PHP_EOL
                . "php $prog -a index.index -p 'name=John%20Smith'" . PHP_EOL
                . PHP_EOL;

            echo $msg;
            exit;
        }

        //  See if controller/action are set
        if (isset($opts->a)) {
            //  Prepare necessary variables
            $params = array();
            $reqRoute = array_reverse(explode('.', $opts->a));
            @list($action, $controller, $module) = $reqRoute;

            //  check if request parameters were sent
            if ($opts->p) {
                parse_str($opts->p, $params);
            }

            //
            $this->_cliRequest = new Zend_Controller_Request_Simple($action, $controller, $module);
            $this->_cliRequest->setParams($params);
        }
    }

    public function bootstrap($resource = null)
    {
        $this->_bootstrapCliRequest();

        return parent::bootstrap($resource);
    }

    public function run()
    {
        //  make sure bootstrapCliRequest was executed prior to running the application
        if (!($this->_cliRequest instanceof Zend_Controller_Request_Simple)) {
            throw new Exception('application required "bootstrapCliRequest"');
        }

        //  set front controller to support CLI
        $this->getBootstrap()->getResource('frontcontroller')
            ->setRequest($this->_cliRequest)
            ->setResponse(new Zend_Controller_Response_Cli())
            ->setRouter(new Custom_Controller_Router_Cli())
            ->throwExceptions(true);

        //  run the application
        parent::run();
    }

}

To lean how to run the cli scipt simply type command below in terminal:

#> php /path/to/cli.php -h

Hopefully this will help you and others!