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

If this is to intialize AclExtras the best way is:

App::import('Console/Command', 'AppShell');
App::import('Plugin/AclExtras/Console/Command', 'AclExtrasShell');

$job = new AclExtrasShell();
$job->startup();
$job->dispatchMethod('aco_sync');

But avoid this unless you have no possibilities to run the console script.