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theaentmachine/aent-console
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A utility PHP package to create aents using Symfony console.

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aent-console
============

[](#aent-console)

A utility PHP package to create Aents using the Symfony console.

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Why do I need this?
-------------------

[](#why-do-i-need-this)

This package contains a set of classes that extend Symfony console classes to help you get started building an Aent.

Docker Aents must contain a "aent" program that accepts in argument events triggered by other aents.

```
$ aent event-name payload

```

When writing a command line application in PHP, it is fairly common to use [Symfony console](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console.html).

However, Aents have some peculiarities that do not fit with the Symfony console:

- If an event is not found, the aent must not return an error code. In Symfony console, if the first argument is not a known command, an error is raised
- Aents are configured using the PHEROMONE\_LOG\_LEVEL environment variable. Symfony console log level is configured using the "-vvv" option.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

A typical Aent will look like this:

```
#!/usr/bin/env php