Introducting command-builder

I am very happy to announce my newest package for PHP: command-builder.

It helps with creating an executable string, using an object-oriented/fluent style.

// before
$command = "grep -r /var/log/apache2/error.log -e 404";
$output = shell_exec($command);

// after
$command = new Command("grep");
$command->option("r", "/var/log/apache2/error.log")
  ->option("e", "404");

$output = shell_exec($command);

This is very helpful when you wanna create a service around a command, and need to conditionnally add arguments/options/flags.

Actually I needed this for another cool open source package I am about to start, I hope it can help some of you as well!

Installation

To install it, nothing special! You do like you are used to do with others packages:

composer require khalyomede/command-builder

Then, just grab the namespace on your file, and create a new instance of your command.

// index.php

use Khalyomede\CommandBuilder\Command;

require __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php";

$command = new Command("grep");

// ...

Usage

Find all the possibles features, including checking if a flag or an option has been added, in the documentation.

If you need anything, have a suggestion, or something I can help on, please let me know in the comments section down below, or open an issue if you think it can help the package users!

Happy command building 😎