Passing options to php script using ZF2 framework - php

Question

My application uses Zend Framework 2 and I am trying to pass some options to it when ran via command line:
php index.php generate --date="2015-01-01"
However I am getting the error: Invalid arguments or no arguments provided
My controller looks like:
namespace Application\Controller;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
class GenerateController extends AbstractActionController
{
public function indexAction()
{
$longopts = array(
'date::',
);
$opts = getopt('', $longopts);
if (isset($opts['date'])) {
$date = $opts['date'];
} else {
$date = date('Y-m-d');
}
var_dump($date);
die();
}
}
I would like the var_dump to show the date provided in the options or today's date. The script runs but just gives the above error. Any help is greatly appreciated.
My module.config.php is functioning correctly:
// Placeholder for console routes
'console' => array(
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
'get-happen-use' => array(
'options' => array(
//php index.php get happen --verbose apache2
// add [ and ] if optional ( ex : [<doname>] )
'route' => 'generate',
'defaults' => array(
'__NAMESPACE__' => 'Application\Controller',
'controller' => 'generate',
'action' => 'index'
),
),
),
)
)
),

Answer 1

You need to define your console params or flags in route. According documentation, your route definition should looks like
'route' => 'generate [--date=]',
for optional value flag date, or if flag date is mandatory:
'route' => 'generate --date=',
Then you can access value of this flag in controller from request (documentation):
$date = $this->getRequest()->getParam('date', null); // default null