Session Recording: https://youtu.be/aCqM9YnjTe0
Utility scripts to kick off scheduled jobs and perform routing maintenance tasks are integral parts of any web application. You can also use them to easily integrate with your ticketing system, post to slack, or automate any number of tedious daily tasks. However, dealing with command line switches and options, getting user input, and providing meaningful output can be tedious and tricky to do yourself. In this talk, I'll introduce Symfony's console component which can handle a lot of boilerplate code for you so you can focus on the task at hand. After this talk, you'll know how to structure a basic command line app, get user input, and even package it up as a standalone phar file for others to use.