Symfony call Command from controller as background task

Question

I want to run a Symfony Console Command from a controller. How to do so is explained in the documentation.

Now my controller waits until the Command is finished. But I want the Command to be executed as a background task (like a cronjob). So the controller doesn't need to wait to complete the Command, only start it.

Is this possible with Symfony Console?

You have to use queuing mechanism. github.com/php-amqplib/RabbitMqBundle — Jasmin Mistry
– Jasmin Mistry, Commented Jul 17, 2018 at 13:44

Nikita Leshchev · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-17 14:21:06Z

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I think you have to use Process component and launch command like that:

$process = new Process('php bin/console your:command');
$process->start();

edited Jul 17, 2018 at 14:21

answered Jul 17, 2018 at 14:03

Nikita Leshchev

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Timo002 Over a year ago

This is exactly what I need! I also was looking for exec(), but this has way more functions.

ShanjayG Over a year ago

This does not work, in symfony 4 is there a new way to do it ??

Nikita Leshchev Over a year ago

I took this example from symfony 4 docs, and I used this code in my projects based on Symfony 4. And it worked. Are you sure that you use start instead of run?

nas Over a year ago

Hello I tried

use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;   $process = new Process('php bin/console app:import:records' . '  > NUL'); $process->run(); return new Response('successfully done', Response::HTTP_OK);

it returns response only but the command in between is not executed. Can anybody help?

Calamity Jane Over a year ago

@nas why using run() and not start()? start() works fine and was suggested.

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