Add a command file to Laravel artisan

In order to run a custom command from the command line utility called artisan you need to do two things:

1. Create a new CustomCommand file
2. Register that command with artisan

Here's a sample Command file called FooCommand.php which should be placed in *app/commands/ *

[php]<?php

use Illuminate:::ConsoleCommand;
use Symfony:::ComponentConsole:::InputInputOption;
use Symfony:::ComponentConsole:::InputInputArgument;

class FooCommand extends Command {

/**
* The console command name.
*
* @var string
*/
protected \$name = 'foo:migrate';

/**
* The console command description.
*
* @var string
*/
protected \$description = '';

/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}

/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* @return void
*/
public function fire()
{
\$this->info(' Step: 1');
\$this->info(' Cool Stuff Here');

}

}[/php]

Then you'll need to register that in app/start/artisan.php

[php]

<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Register The Artisan Commands
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Each available Artisan command must be registered with the console so
| that it is available to be called. We'll register every command so
| the console gets access to each of the command object instances.
|
*/

Artisan::add(new FooCommand);
[/php]

Now you can run your command

[ps]php artisan foo:migrate[/ps]