Symfony ContainerAwareCommand not found using Xdebug and PhpStorm - php

Question

I am using PhpStorm with Symfony. What I am trying to do is to debug a Symfony command from inside the IDE by using the debug button (Shift + F9).
I am getting the following error.
PHP Fatal error: Class 'Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand' not found in /home/user/Projects/project1/symfony/src/AppBundle/Command/testScriptCommand.php on line 8
PHP Stack trace:
It's weird as I have followed the Symfony documentation for creating commands and I have included the following classes:
<?php
namespace AppBundle\Command;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Command\ContainerAwareCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
class testScriptCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
protected function configure(): void
{
$this->setName('app:test-script');
}
protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): void
{
echo 1;
}
}
The debugger works inside the IDE until line 8 and once try to continue it fails with the already mentioned fatal error.
It seems to me as line 4 is not actually importing the ContainerAwareCommand that is needed.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Extend Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command
Dependency Inject the ContainerInterface with your commands constructor, something like this - in my case using autowired services:
/** #var ContainerInterface $container */
protected $container;
public function __construct(ContainerInterface $container)
{
parent::__construct();
$this->container = $container;
}
Then you should be able to call fe. $this->container->getParameter('project.parameter')

Answer 2

What documentation did you followed?
For creating Commands you need to extend Command, no ContainerAwareCommand
// src/Command/CreateUserCommand.php
namespace App\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
class CreateUserCommand extends Command
{
// the name of the command (the part after "bin/console")
protected static $defaultName = 'app:create-user';
protected function configure()
{
// ...
}
protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
{
// ...
}
}
For more information: https://symfony.com/doc/current/console.html
EDIT:
Adding info...
ContainerAwareCommand is for Symfony version <= 2.6 https://symfony.com/doc/2.6/cookbook/console/console_command.html Soooo old