Is it possible to create custom npm run commands for Laravel? - php

Question

Laravel has the following built-in npm run commands (among others):
npm run install
npm run watch
Is it possible to create custom npm run commands to run custom PHP scripts? For example, I want to create a command called npm run csv that will run a PHP script that imports a bunch of CSV data into a database.
Thanks.
Edit: After asking the question and seeing a lot of the responses, it has become overwhelming obvious that writing a php artisan command is probably the better way to go. As such, that's what I will do.
Thank you all for your responses. As for why I didn't ask that question, it's quite simple: I didn't know that that was a better approach. I'm still new to Laravel and learning. Thanks.

Answer 1

At first, you must write Artisan Console Command. Then you could run it using npm. But this is not a recommended way. you can run any artisan command like:
php artisan inspire
If you want to run this with npm just add this command in the package.json's script. For example:
{
"scripts": {
"inspire": "php artisan inspire"
}
}
Then run the command like this:
npm run inspire

Answer 2

It should be cleaner to create your own artisan command.
See https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/artisan#writing-commands
Then put your csv import code inside the handle() method.
You will just have to run : php artisan import-csv or something like

Answer 3

I love this side of Laravel. From what you are trying to achieve, may I advise on custom artisan commands? :)
https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/artisan
Recommend the reading, it is great for what you are looking :D

Answer 4

There's no need to use NPM to call PHP! Why not just create your own executable?
Using Laravel, there is a command system, so you can make your own artisan commands. But if you want something simpler, you can do this:
Example. I create a file in my project called bin/do_stuff
#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
echo "Easy as that!\n";
Then make it executable:
chmod +x bin/do_stuff
Then you can run it with ./bin/do_stuff! Not hard at all! Now you can also pass arguments like so:
./bin/do_stuff--option1=value1 --option2
With or without values. To do this, we add the following:
foreach ($argv as $arg)
{
preg_match('/\-\-(\w*)\=?(.+)?/', $arg, $value);
if ($value && isset($value[1]) && $value[1])
{
$options[$value[1]] = isset($value[2]) ? $value[2] : null;
}
}
Great for in cron jobs and back end stuff. Give it a try!