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PHP command line tools

Run a command

• From the main menu, choose Tools | Run Command or press Ctrl twice.

  In the Run Anything window that opens, type the call of the command in the <default alias> <command> format.

  The command execution result is displayed in the Run tool window.

  

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Terminate a command

• Click on the Run tool window toolbar.

1. In the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), go to Tools | Command Line Tool Support.

2. On the Command Line Tools Support page, select the tool in the list and click on the toolbar. The xml tool descriptor opens in the editor.

3. Update the definitions of the commands (see Define your own command line tool for details). As you type, the tool descriptor is checked for well-formedness on the fly.

4. Reload the command definitions. On the Command Line Tools Support page of the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), select the tool in the list and click on the toolbar.

1. In the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), go to Tools | Command Line Tool Support.

2. Click on the toolbar and in the Command Line Tools dialog that opens, select Custom tool from the Choose tool list, and specify the visibility level for it (Project or Global).

3. In the Tool Settings dialog, type the path to the tool and the tool alias.

   When you click OK, IntelliJ IDEA brings you to the Command Line Tools Support page, where the new tool is added to the list.

4. Click OK to accept the changes and close the Settings/Preferences dialog.

   The tool definition xml file automatically opens in the editor, letting you define the tool commands.

   A command's definition is organized as follows:

   <command> <!--the command's container-->
       <name>
           <!--the command itself, mandatory, and non-empty-->
       </name>
       <help>
           <!--the command's help message, optional-->
       </help>
       <params>
           <!--the command's parameters and their default values-->
       </params>
       <optionsBefore> <!--the command's options container-->
           <option name="" shortcut=""> <!--the option itself, mandatory, and non-empty;
           you can also provide a shorthand abbreviation and the usage pattern via attributes-->
               <help>
                   <!--the command's help message, optional-->
               </help>
           </option>
       </optionsBefore>
   </command>

5. Reload the command definitions. On the Command Line Tools Support page of the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), select the tool in the list and click on the toolbar.

Verify the tool definition

1. In the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), go to Tools | Command Line Tool Support. The tools having an inconsistent descriptor are marked with .

   

2. Select the tool in the list and click on the toolbar. The xml tool descriptor opens in the editor.

3. Update the definitions of the commands as required. See Define your own command line tool for details.