la poderosa herramienta bin/console de Symfony

Entre quienes desarrollamos aplicaciones en Symfony, no es un secreto que una de las cosas que hace atractivo su uso, es su herramienta de línea de comandos llamada bin/console ¿por qué? para responde esta pregunta empezaremos viendo qué comandos podemos utilizar.

Nos dirigimos a la ruta de nuestro proyecto desde nuestra interfaz de línea de comandos de windows o linux hasta la ruta de nuestro proyecto creado con Symfony.

cd my-project

Luego desde la raíz de nuestro proyecto ingresamos el siguiente comando:

php bin/console

Hasta aquí, con los bibliotecas instaladas por defecto en symfony podemos ver los siguientes comandos:

php bin/console
Symfony 4.2.5 (env: dev, debug: true)

Usage:
  command [options] [arguments]

Options:
  -h, --help            Display this help message
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi            Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi         Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
  -e, --env=ENV         The Environment name. [default: "dev"]
      --no-debug        Switches off debug mode.
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Available commands:
  about                                   Displays information about the current project
  help                                    Displays help for a command
  list                                    Lists commands
 assets
  assets:install                          Installs bundles web assets under a public directory
 cache
  cache:clear                             Clears the cache
  cache:pool:clear                        Clears cache pools
  cache:pool:delete                       Deletes an item from a cache pool
  cache:pool:prune                        Prunes cache pools
  cache:warmup                            Warms up an empty cache
 config
  config:dump-reference                   Dumps the default configuration for an extension
 debug
  debug:autowiring                        Lists classes/interfaces you can use for autowiring
  debug:config                            Dumps the current configuration for an extension
  debug:container                         Displays current services for an application
  debug:event-dispatcher                  Displays configured listeners for an application
  debug:form                              Displays form type information
  debug:router                            Displays current routes for an application
  debug:swiftmailer                       Displays current mailers for an application
  debug:translation                       Displays translation messages information
  debug:twig                              Shows a list of twig functions, filters, globals and tests
 doctrine
  doctrine:cache:clear-collection-region  Clear a second-level cache collection region
  doctrine:cache:clear-entity-region      Clear a second-level cache entity region
  doctrine:cache:clear-metadata           Clears all metadata cache for an entity manager
  doctrine:cache:clear-query              Clears all query cache for an entity manager
  doctrine:cache:clear-query-region       Clear a second-level cache query region
  doctrine:cache:clear-result             Clears result cache for an entity manager
  doctrine:cache:contains                 Check if a cache entry exists
  doctrine:cache:delete                   Delete a cache entry
  doctrine:cache:flush                    [doctrine:cache:clear] Flush a given cache
  doctrine:cache:stats                    Get stats on a given cache provider
  doctrine:database:create                Creates the configured database
  doctrine:database:drop                  Drops the configured database
  doctrine:database:import                Import SQL file(s) directly to Database.
  doctrine:ensure-production-settings     Verify that Doctrine is properly configured for a production environment
  doctrine:generate:entities              [generate:doctrine:entities] Generates entity classes and method stubs from your mapping information
  doctrine:mapping:convert                [orm:convert:mapping] Convert mapping information between supported formats
  doctrine:mapping:import                 Imports mapping information from an existing database
  doctrine:mapping:info
  doctrine:migrations:diff                [diff] Generate a migration by comparing your current database to your mapping information.
  doctrine:migrations:dump-schema         [dump-schema] Dump the schema for your database to a migration.
  doctrine:migrations:execute             [execute] Execute a single migration version up or down manually.
  doctrine:migrations:generate            [generate] Generate a blank migration class.
  doctrine:migrations:latest              [latest] Outputs the latest version number
  doctrine:migrations:migrate             [migrate] Execute a migration to a specified version or the latest available version.
  doctrine:migrations:rollup              [rollup] Rollup migrations by deleting all tracked versions and insert the one version that exists.
  doctrine:migrations:status              [status] View the status of a set of migrations.
  doctrine:migrations:up-to-date          [up-to-date] Tells you if your schema is up-to-date.
  doctrine:migrations:version             [version] Manually add and delete migration versions from the version table.
  doctrine:query:dql                      Executes arbitrary DQL directly from the command line
  doctrine:query:sql                      Executes arbitrary SQL directly from the command line.
  doctrine:schema:create                  Executes (or dumps) the SQL needed to generate the database schema
  doctrine:schema:drop                    Executes (or dumps) the SQL needed to drop the current database schema
  doctrine:schema:update                  Executes (or dumps) the SQL needed to update the database schema to match the current mapping metadata
  doctrine:schema:validate                Validate the mapping files
 lint
  lint:twig                               Lints a template and outputs encountered errors
  lint:xliff                              Lints a XLIFF file and outputs encountered errors
  lint:yaml                               Lints a file and outputs encountered errors
 make
  make:auth                               Creates a Guard authenticator of different flavors
  make:command                            Creates a new console command class
  make:controller                         Creates a new controller class
  make:crud                               Creates CRUD for Doctrine entity class
  make:entity                             Creates or updates a Doctrine entity class, and optionally an API Platform resource
  make:fixtures                           Creates a new class to load Doctrine fixtures
  make:form                               Creates a new form class
  make:functional-test                    Creates a new functional test class
  make:migration                          Creates a new migration based on database changes
  make:registration-form                  Creates a new registration form system
  make:serializer:encoder                 Creates a new serializer encoder class
  make:serializer:normalizer              Creates a new serializer normalizer class
  make:subscriber                         Creates a new event subscriber class
  make:twig-extension                     Creates a new Twig extension class
  make:unit-test                          Creates a new unit test class
  make:user                               Creates a new security user class
  make:validator                          Creates a new validator and constraint class
  make:voter                              Creates a new security voter class
 router
  router:match                            Helps debug routes by simulating a path info match
 security
  security:encode-password                Encodes a password.
 server
  server:dump                             Starts a dump server that collects and displays dumps in a single place
  server:log                              Starts a log server that displays logs in real time
  server:run                              Runs a local web server
  server:start                            Starts a local web server in the background
  server:status                           Outputs the status of the local web server
  server:stop                             Stops the local web server that was started with the server:start command
 swiftmailer
  swiftmailer:email:send                  Send simple email message
  swiftmailer:spool:send                  Sends emails from the spool
 translation
  translation:update                      Updates the translation file

Como podemos ver, tenemos una cantidad impresionante de comandos que nos pueden ayudar a:

• Arrancar un servidor web con el único requisito de tener un PHP instalado.
• Construir nuestras aplicaciones utilizando ayudantes que facilitan la generación de código.
• Hacer simulaciones de uso para probar el funcionamiento de nuestros formularios.
• y un gran etc…