CodeIgniter ships with the official command spark and built-in commands.

Running Commands

Running via CLI

The commands are run from the command line, in the project root directory. The command file spark has been provided that is used to run any of the CLI commands.

Showing List of Commands

When called spark without specifying a command, a simple help page is displayed that also provides a list of available commands and their descriptions, sorted by categories:

spark list

php spark is the exactly same as the list command:

You may also use the --simple option to get a raw list of all available commands, sorted alphabetically:

Showing Help

You can get help about any CLI command using the help command as follows:

Since v4.3.0, you can also use the --help option instead of the help command:

Running a Command

You should pass the name of the command as the first argument to run that command:

Some commands take additional arguments, which should be provided directly after the command, separated by spaces:

php spark db:seed DevUserSeeder

For all of the commands CodeIgniter provides, if you do not provide the required arguments, you will be prompted for the information it needs to run correctly:

php spark make:controller

Controller class name :

Calling Commands

Commands can also be ran from within your own code. This is most often done within a controller for cronjob tasks, but they can be used at any time. You do this by using the command() function. This function is always available.

<?php

echo command('make:migration TestMigration');

The only argument is string that is the command called and any parameters. This appears exactly as you would call it from the command line.

All output from the command that is ran is captured when not run from the command line. It is returned from the command so that you can choose to display it or not.