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Command Line Tool Support

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This page is available only when the Command Line Tool Support plugin is installed and enabled as described in Managing Plugins.


IntelliJ IDEA supports running commands of popular third-party or user-defined PHP tools: Symfony 1.1+, Symfony2, Zend Framework 1, Zend Framework 2 (ZFTool), Yii, Composer, Drush 5.8+, Laravel and Doctrine (Symfony console-based), WordPress Command Line Interface.

The page shows a list of all PHP-specific and custom command line tools integrated with IntelliJ IDEA. Tools with inconsistencies in the .xml descriptor are marked with icon incorrect description.

Item

Tooltip and shortcut

Description

Enabled

When the checkbox in this column is selected, the commands defined within the corresponding command line tool can be executed from IntelliJ IDEA.

Alias

In this text box, specify the character string to use in command calls instead of the full path to the tool.

For example, by default, IntelliJ IDEA assigns the following aliases: s for Symfony, zf for Zend Framework, and c for Composer.

Tool Path

In this text box, specify the location of the tool's executable file.

Type

This read-only field shows the official name of the third party command line tool. The column is available only if the Show tool type checkbox is selected. For custom command line tools, the fields in this column are empty.

Show tool type

If this checkbox is selected, the Type column is added to the table of available tools.

Show console in

In this area, specify where you want to enter commands. The available options are:
  • Pop-up - choose this option to have the Command Line Tools Input pane opened in a separate pop-up window and type commands there.

  • Tool window - choose this option to enter commands in the Input field in the bottom of the dedicated Command Line Tools Console tool window.

Console encoding

From this drop-down list, choose the character set to show the tool's output in the Command Line Tools Console Tool Window.

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Add
Alt+Insert

Click this button to open the Command Line Tools dialog box and select the tool to integrate with IntelliJ IDEA. Depending on your choice, IntelliJ IDEA opens one of the following dialog boxes for specifying the location of the selected tool:

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Remove
Alt+Delete

Click this button remove the selected tool from the list.

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Edit

Click this button to change the definition file of the selected tool.

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Reload command list from executable

Click this button to refresh the list of commands of the selected tool.

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Open definition in editor

Click this button to open the .xml file with commands of the selected tool in the editor.

Last modified: 20 November 2018

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