John Davidson

Message:

I've written a custom shell in Cake PHP 2 under the Console/cake my_shell command, and have added my own $this->out() messages in places. Each time I run my shell, I get the default cake output first such as the path, and a welcome message. I'd like to disable these specifically for my shell but can't seem to find a setting to do so.

Welcome to CakePHP v2.10.18 Console

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App : app

Path: /Users/user/Sites/project/app/

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My Answer:
out() calls to display output. However, Cake PHP also outputs some default information such as the CakePHP version and the command being executed. Is there a way to turn off this default output so that only my custom output is displayed?

Yes, you can turn off the default console output from shell commands in Cake PHP 2 by setting the 'quiet' option to true in your shell's $options property. Here's an example of how you can do this:

php
class MyShell extends AppShell {
public $options = array(
'quiet' => true
);

public function main() {
$this->out('Custom output');
}
}


By setting 'quiet' to true in the $options property of your shell, Cake PHP will not output the default information when the shell command is executed. Only your custom output will be displayed.