Custom error and exception handler for Artisan command - php

Question

I'm trying to send errors and exceptions to raygun.io from a Laravel 4 artisan command, but Laravel appears to have it's own exception handler in place.
Is there a way for me to specify a custom method in my Command? Currently, I'm trying to specify a custom handler for errors and exceptions as follows:
<?php
class ParseCommand extends Command
{
/**
* The console command name.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $name = 'my:parse';
protected $descriptino = '...';
protected $raygun = null;
/**
* __construct
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
// Setup custom error and exception handlers
$raygun_api_key = \Config::get('tms.raygun_api_key');
$this->raygun = new RaygunClient("MUzf+furi8E9tffcHAaJVw==");
set_exception_handler([$this, 'exceptionHandler']);
set_error_handler([$this, 'errorHandler']);
}
/**
* Custom exception handler.
*
* #param $exception
*/
public function exceptionHandler($exception)
{
$this->raygun->SendException($exception);
}
/**
* Custom error handler.
*
* #param $errno
* #param $errstr
* #param $errfile
* #param $errline
*/
public function errorHandler($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline)
{
$this->raygun->SendError($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline);
}
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* #return mixed
*/
public function fire()
{
$start_time = microtime(true);
throw new \Exception("Oopsie!");
// Omitted for brevity...
}
}
Off course the handlers never execute, as Artisan is grabbing them with it's own custom implementation.

Answer 1

The files in the folder app/start are only executed while booting the Laravel framework when the according environment is run. This means that app/start/local.php is run when the environment is equal to local and app/start/staging.php is run when the environment is equal to staging. Also the app/start/global.php file is run every time and app/start/artisan.php is run on every artisan execution.
From the documentation: http://laravel.com/docs/errors place the handler
App::error(function(Exception $exception)
{
Log::error($exception);
});
in app/start/artisan for your artisan-only exception handlers.