Clinner is a PHP 5.3+ Command-Line Interface commands execution abstraction.
Clinner has the following benefits:
- Minimalistic.
- Simple and easy to use.
- Fluent API.
- Higher-level and object oriented interface to commands.
- Command pipes, regardless of the underlying OS.
- Commands might be actual command-line executables or PHP code.
- Yes, you can mix commands and PHP code in an OO way!
- Easily extendable through Interface implementation.
- MIT Licensed.
The most basic use of Clinner consists of including the PHAR file
and using its Command class:
<?php
// List current working directory's files and store the list as a string
require_once 'phar://clinner.phar/autoload.php';
$command = new \Clinner\Command\Command('ls');
$files = $command
->run()
->getOutput();
// Or get them as an array
$filesArray = $command->getOutputAsArray();
if ($command->getExitCode() === 0) {
echo 'Everything went fine.';
} else {
echo 'Something didn\'t work as expected...';
}
// There's also a factory method that allows to make best use of the fluent API
echo \Clinner\Command\Command::create('ls')
->run()
->getOutput();Commands crave for arguments, so Clinner offers a way to satisfying them.
By passing in a second argument to the factory method or the constructor, or using the dedicated setter
method setArguments().
<?php
// Commands will most certainly take arguments, so let's try something with them
$command = new \Clinner\Command\Command('cat', array('/etc/hosts'));
// This will run `cat /etc/hosts`
$command->run();
// You might also use its factory method to take even more advantage of the fluent API
echo \Clinner\Command\Command::create('cat', array('/etc/hosts'))
->run()
->getOutput();Arguments can either be key-value pairs or just values. Key value pairs will be joined using a
delimiter (see Options section for more information).
Options allow customization of different Command behaviors. They can be passed in as a third
argument for the factory method or constructor, or set via the setOptions() method.
Currently there's only one thing that can be customized for the Command class, but it's worth
noting it: you might specify the delimiter, a string that will be used to join key-value pairs
of arguments. If not specified, it will default to the equals sign (=).
Let's see an example:
<?php
// `cut` command won't work if key-value pairs of arguments are joined with '=':
$command = \Clinner\Command\Command::create(
'cut',
array(
'-d' => ':',
'-f' => 1,
'/etc/passwd',
)
);
$command->run(); // => will run `cut -d=: -f=1 /etc/passwd` (WRONG)
$command->setOptions(array('delimiter' => ''));
$command->run(); // => will run `cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd` (CORRECT)Commands can be piped just like in any Unix shell. The basics of command pipes is that the output of a command is sent to the one that is piped to it.
For example, if you want to run ls -a | grep -i clinner, you can:
<?php
$grepCommand = \Clinner\Command\Command::create('grep', array('-i', 'clinner'));
$lsCommand = \Clinner\Command\Command::create('ls', array('-a'));
$lsCommand
->pipe($grepCommand)
->run();
$pipeOutput = $lsCommand->getOutput();
// Or the same thing in an uglier but more pro way
use \Clinner\Command\Command;
$pipeOutput = Command::create('ls', array('-a'))
->pipe(Command::create('grep', array('-i', 'clinner')))
->run()
->getOutput();Command pipes are not limited to a number of commands, you only need at least two commands.
See next section for a more complex example involving 3 commands in a pipeline.
Apart from Command class, Clinner ships with a Callback command class that enables to
mix both commands and PHP code in a command pipe. Pretty cool, huh?
Callback class only takes a Closure or a function reference in its constructor and then
is ready to run. That Closure function will receive the command's input as its first argument
and is expected to return an exit code. Any information output by the function (either via echo
or print or any other output method) will be considered as the command output and will be sent
to the next command in the pipe, if any.
<?php
// Get all the usernames in the system that contain an 'a' in them
$callbackCommand = new Callback(function($input) {
foreach (explode("\n", $input) as $line) {
if (false !== strchr($line, 'a')) {
echo "$line\n";
}
}
});
$systemUsers = Command::create('cat', array('/etc/passwd'))
->pipe(
Command::create('grep', array('-v' => '^#'), array('delimiter' => ' '))
)
->pipe(
Command::create('cut', array('-d' => ':', '-f' => 1), array('delimiter' => ''))
)
->pipe($callbackCommand)
->run()
->getOutputAsArray("\n");The only requirement for Clinner is PHP version >= 5.3.
Please, feel free to fork this repo and improve it in any way you consider useful -- Pull Requests are welcome!
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