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michaelbasford/php-cli
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A PHP cli application template using Symfony's Console Component.

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php-cli
=======

[](#php-cli)

A skeleton CLI application template using Symfony's [Console](https://github.com/symfony/Console) component.

Create a new application
------------------------

[](#create-a-new-application)

```
$ composer create-project michaelbasford/php-cli:dev new-project-dir/
$ cd new-project-dir/

```

Running your application
------------------------

[](#running-your-application)

```
$ chmod +x bin/application
$ bin/application
php-cli application version 0.0.1

Usage:
 [options] command [arguments]

Options:
 --help (-h)           Display this help message.
 --quiet (-q)          Do not output any message.
 --verbose (-v|vv|vvv) Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug.
 --version (-V)        Display this application version.
 --ansi                Force ANSI output.
 --no-ansi             Disable ANSI output.
 --no-interaction (-n) Do not ask any interactive question.

Available commands:
 help              Displays help for a command
 list              Lists commands
example
 example:command   An example command.

```

Example Command

```
$ bin/application example:command
Hello, World!

```

Remove Example
--------------

[](#remove-example)

Remove the following lines from `bin/application`

```
$application->add(
    new Example\ExampleCommand($container)
);

```

Then remove the folder `$ rm -r src/Example`

Included Components
-------------------

[](#included-components)

- [Console](https://github.com/symfony/Console)
- [Pimple](http://pimple.sensiolabs.org)
- [Monolog](https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog)
- [YAML Parser](https://github.com/symfony/Yaml)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fbf74d6693f2899b258918bdb481695b88e1b04e12f6289a3fb8c030df490b13?d=identicon)[michaelbasford](/maintainers/michaelbasford)

---

Top Contributors

[![michaelbasford](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/564631?v=4)](https://github.com/michaelbasford "michaelbasford (1 commits)")

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