[Plugin: WP MVC] Code generation fails silently

If it helps, when I hack wpmvc.php to accept $_GET[‘argv’] and visit https://localhost/wp-content/plugins/wp-mvc/core/wpmvc.php?argv%5B%5D=caller&argv%5B%5D=generate&argv%5B%5D=plugin&argv=test in my browser, here’s the output:

Welcome to WP MVC Console! Sorry, a shell named “e_shell” couldn’t be found in any of the MVC plugins. Please make sure a shell class exists in “app/shells/e_shell.php”, or execute “./wpmvc” to see a list of available shells.

Additionally, visiting https://localhost/wp-content/plugins/wp-mvc/core/wpmvc.php outputs

Welcome to WP MVC Console! Available Shells: Core Destroy Generate Help To get information about a shell try: wpmvc help shell

and register_argc_argv is on.

No output at the terminal at all…

Fixed!

Added the following right before the include statement –

$_SERVER = array(
“HTTP_HOST” => “localhost”,
“SERVER_NAME” => “localhost”,
“REQUEST_URI” => “/”,
“REQUEST_METHOD” => “GET”
);

thanks to info found here – https://vocecommunications.com/blog/2011/03/running-wordpress-from-command-line/

I’d suspect this works on any setup, but I haven’t tested anywhere other than my local (should be localhost no matter what though, even if over ssh.)

In the case that’s correct, the author might like to add this code to the plugin, and better yet, add me as contributor… ??

I don’t doubt that the command line is working perfectly under Unix but for me it’s a pain under Windows.

If you’re like me and want to use the command line from your webserver replace the content of wp-mvc/core/wpmvc.php by:

<?php

//Allow command via html form only for localhost.
//If you dev on a distant server you might want to add it here
$allow_html_cmd_for = array('localhost', '127.0.0.1');

$command = null;
if (isset($argv))
{ //Run from command line
  $command = $argv;
}
elseif (in_array($_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'], $allow_html_cmd_for))
{ //No command line argument, use html form

  if (isset($_POST['cmd']))
  { //Process form command
    $command = array(__FILE__);
    $command = array_merge($command, explode(' ', $_POST['cmd']));
  }

  //Display html form
?>
  <h2>WP-MVC Command line</h2>
  <form action="" method="POST" name="command">
    wpmvc
    <input type="text" name="cmd" size="100" value="<?php echo isset($_POST['cmd']) ? $_POST['cmd'] : '' ?>"/>
    <button type="submit">Run command</button>
  </form>
  <script type="text/javascript">
    //Make the input field behave like a prompt
    input = document.forms['command'].elements['cmd'];
    input.focus();
    input.value = input.value;
  </script>
<?php
}

if ($command !== null)
{ //Run command
  $wordpress_path = getenv('WPMVC_WORDPRESS_PATH');
  $wordpress_path = $wordpress_path ? rtrim($wordpress_path, '/').'/' : dirname(__FILE__).'/../../../../';

  ob_start();
  require_once $wordpress_path.'wp-load.php';
  $shell = new MvcShellDispatcher($command);

  $lines = ob_get_contents();
  ob_end_clean();

  if (isset($argv))
    echo $lines."\n";
  else
    echo nl2br(preg_replace('/\[[0-9,;]*m/U', '', $lines));
}
?>

You can then access the form from your browser at something like: https://127.0.0.1/wp-content/plugins/wp-mvc/core/wpmvc.php

Error won’t display pretty because of the die() in the subfunctions but at least it’ll let you generate your plugin without having to dig in your php installation in case the command line isn’t working!