EDIT: Figured out where I was going wrong and placed an answer at the end
I'm trying to create a Laravel Command, I can see it's changed considerably from "tasks" in Laravel 3. However I can't seem to get it to run. These are the steps I have taken:
php artisan command:make Import
Returns
Command created successfully
The file in the commands directory is then created and I have slightly modified to return "Hello World" like so:
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
class Import extends Command {
/**
* The console command name.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $name = 'command:import';
/**
* The console command description.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $description = 'Command description.';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* @return void
*/
public function fire()
{
return 'Hello World';
}
/**
* Get the console command arguments.
*
* @return array
*/
protected function getArguments()
{
return array(
array('example', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'An example argument.'),
);
}
/**
* Get the console command options.
*
* @return array
*/
protected function getOptions()
{
return array(
array('example', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'An example option.', null),
);
}
}
However when I try and run the command like so:
php artisan Import
I get the following error:
[InvalidArgumentException] Command "Import" is not defined.
I have tried it with and without capitals as well as naming it "ImportCommand" since the documentation names its command "FooCommand" but with no luck.
Any help would be most appreciated.