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CodeIgniter 4 provides the Spark command-line tool, enabling various package management tasks and application scaffolding. Integrating Spark commands directly within closure routes allows for dynamic execution and automation of specific tasks triggered by route access, enhancing the functionality and automation of your CodeIgniter 4 projects.

In this tutorial, we’ll see the process of invoking Spark commands from closure routes in CodeIgniter 4. Closures are anonymous functions that don’t belong to any class or object. Closures don’t have specified names.

Let’s get started.

CodeIgniter 4 Installation

To create a CodeIgniter 4 setup run this given command into your shell or terminal. Please make sure composer should be installed.

composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter codeigniter-4

Assuming you have successfully installed application into your local system.

Environment (.env) Setup

When we install CodeIgniter 4, we will have env file at root. To use the environment variables means using variables at global scope we need to do env to .env

Either we can do via renaming file as simple as that. Also we can do by terminal command.

Open project in terminal

cp env .env

Above command will create a copy of env file to .env file. Now we are ready to use environment variables.

Enable Development Mode

CodeIgniter starts up in production mode by default. You need to make it in development mode to see any error if you are working with application.

Open .env file from root.

# CI_ENVIRONMENT = production

 // Do it to 
 
CI_ENVIRONMENT = development

Now application is in development mode.

Create Route

Open Routes.php file from /app/Config folder. Add these routes into it.

//...

$routes->get("my-controller", function () {
	echo command("make:controller Hello -suffix");
});

$routes->get("debugger-clear", function () {
	echo command("debugbar:clear");
});

$routes->get("my-routes", function () {
	echo command("routes");
});

//...

Application Testing

Open project terminal and start development server via command:

php spark serve

To create application controller

URL: http://localhost:8080/my-controller

Output

File created: APPPATH/Controllers/HelloController.php

To clear debugger cache

URL: http://localhost:8080/debugger-clear

Output

Debugbar cleared.

To show all application routes

URL: http://localhost:8080/my-routes

Output

That’s it.

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