How to save/redirect output from Laravel Artisan command?

Question

I\'m using Artisan::call() in one of my routes and would like to save the command output to a variable.

Is there any way to capture the STDOUT and STDER

Answer 1

Seems the previous answers don't work in Laravel 5.2 any more (not sure about 5.1) You can now use Artisan::output();

    $output = '';       
    if (!Schema::hasTable('migrations')) {
        Artisan::call('migrate:install', array());
        $output .= Artisan::output();
    }

    // Updates the migration, then seed the database
    Artisan::call('migrate:refresh', array('--force' => 1));
    $output .= Artisan::output();

    Artisan::call('db:seed', array('--force' => 1));
    $output .= Artisan::output();

    dd($output);