CakePHP: Run shell job from controller

Question

Is it possible to use dispatchShell from a Controller?

My mission is to start a shell job when the user has signed up.

I\'m using CakePHP 2.0

Answer 1

I was able to run consolle from controller/action, see the example below.

App::uses('ShellDispatcher', 'Console');
...
public function aco_sync() {
    $command = '-app '.APP.' AclExtras.AclExtras aco_sync -r adminControllers -p UserAdmin';
    $args = explode(' ', $command);
    $dispatcher = new ShellDispatcher($args, false);
    if($dispatcher->dispatch()) {
        $this->Session->flash('OK');
    } else {
        $this->Session->flash('Error');
    }
    return $this->redirect(array('action' => 'index'));
}