CLI Console

CLI Console

New to 3.0 is a command line utility aptly named Nova located in the root. It currently supports creating controllers and models from the command line.

To use it navigate to the project in your command line/terminal then type php nova followed by the command.

Typing just ‘php nova‘ will give this output:

Nova Framework Command Line Interface for v3.0 version 1.3.0

Usage:
    command [options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help            Display this help message
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi            Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Available commands:
  help               Displays help for a command
  list               Lists commands
  clear
    clear:cache      Clears the cache folder
    clear:logs       Clears the log files
    clear:sessions   Clears the sessions folder
  make
    make:controller  Create a controller
    make:key         Generate an encryption key for the config file
    make:model       Create a model

Creating a controller

To create a controller type make:controller followed by the names of the methods to be created:

php nova make:controller lists index add edit view delete

This will create a controller called Lists with 5 methods, additionally a Lists folder will be created in the views folder along with 5 files, one for each method. The files will be empty.

Creating a model

To create a model type model followed by the names of the methods to be created:

php nova make:model lists getAll add edit delete

This will create a controller called Lists with 4 methods.

Generate an Encryption Key

To genereate an encryption key for app/Config.php, type in the following:

php nova make:key

This will generate a 32 character alpha-numeric key.