Zend Framework 1.12 Console commands - zend-framework

Question

I'm using Zend Framework 1.12. I know it's too old and that's why not finding much support so putting this question here.
I have CronController and I'm calling it through curl request and its not a good approach. As the name specifies, I want to call its functions through the command-line. Please suggest how can I achieve this.
I have tried implementing https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-console/intro/ but it didn't help much.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I assume that CronController is class extending Zend_Controller_Action like this:
class CronController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
public function processAction()
{
// some very important logic
}
}
If so, don't use this in your CLI calls. Zend_Controller_Action should be used rather with HTTP requests, not CLI calls.
Move your business logic from this controller to separate classes, i.e.:
class My_Logic
{
public function process($options)
{
// some very important logic
}
}
Then, following DRY principle, create instance of this class in your controller:
class CronController extends Zend_Controller_Action
{
public function processAction()
{
$logic = new My_Logic();
$logic->process();
}
}
Now, create bin directory in root path of your project and put there your CLI script (i.e. cron.php):
defined('APPLICATION_PATH')
|| define('APPLICATION_PATH', realpath(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../application'));
// Ensure library/ is on include_path
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, array(
realpath(APPLICATION_PATH . '/../library'),
get_include_path(),
)));
require_once 'Zend/Loader/Autoloader.php';
Zend_Loader_Autoloader::getInstance();
$optsConfig = array(
'app_env=s' => 'Application environment name',
);
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt($optsConfig);
$opts->setOptions(
array(
'ignoreCase' => true,
'dashDash' => false,
)
);
$opts->parse();
defined('APPLICATION_ENV') || define('APPLICATION_ENV', $opts->app_env);
/** Zend_Application */
require_once 'Zend/Application.php';
// Create application, bootstrap, and run
$application = new Zend_Application(
APPLICATION_ENV,
APPLICATION_PATH . '/configs/application.ini'
);
$application->getBootstrap()->bootstrap();
class CronCli
{
public function doProcessing()
{
$logic = new My_Logic();
// here's your logic, the same as in controller
$logic->process();
}
}
$cmd = new CronCli($opts);
$cmd->doProcessing();
Now, you can call this script in your project's main directory:
php bin/cron.php --app_env production
production is your APP_ENV value name from application/configs/application.ini