Unable to use $this->execute inside an artisan command

[lucacri]

Hi, i'm trying to use the CommanderTrait inside an artisan command, but i receive the following error: {"error":{"type":"ErrorException","message":"Declaration of Laracasts\\Commander\\CommanderTrait::execute() should be compatible with Illuminate\\Console\\Command::execute(Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Input\\InputInterface $input, Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Output\\OutputInterface $output)","file":"\/Users\/lucacri\/Sites\/YodaImporter\/app\/commands\/ReassignVncPorts.php","line":77}}

From what i can see, the Illuminate\Console\Command has already an execute method in line 110: protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)

and it's not working well with the CommanderTrait. Any suggestion on how to fix it?

[laracasts]

That's because the command class you're extending already has an execute method. So, when you pull in the trait, they're clashing.

[lucacri]

I know, I figured it out after a bit of head-scratching :-)

I know it would break backwards-compatibility to change the method name, so I guess we can either close it or maybe create a wrapper trait for artisan commands. I used this package in all my CLI commands and it makes a lot of sense (CLI and Web are both external facing parts of the app). What do you think?

[abbajbryant]

Maybe a more explicit executeCommand function name would be more semantic anyways?

[samwalshnz]

+1 - It wouldn't be backwards compatible, but I also think 'executeCommand' would be a better method name

[samwalshnz]

Does anyone know of a way around it without modifying the CommanderTrait?

[stevenklar]

@samwalshnz @laracasts @lucacri

http://www.sitepoint.com/using-traits-in-php-5-4/

Use the alias.

use Commander {
    Commander::execute as executeCommand
}

(its bad, but if you want to avoid extend/modify the existing commander, its a solution)

[samwalshnz]

Oh man! You learn something every day. Thank you @stevenklar!

[bruno-barros]

wow. Really nice reference.

[arthurkirkosa]

@stevenklar ... I'm still getting the same error. Can you paste a code that works?

[juukie]

use Commander { executeCommand insteadof Commander::execute } should be possible too (according to the link provided above).

[mdurao]

Unable to use the alias also...

[samwalshnz]

@JeffreyWay, not sure if this means this issue should be reopened or not, but I've just tried to use the code examples @juukie14 and @stevenklar have recommended with no success.

[cmgmyr]

I am having the same issue with the conflicts too

[ghost]

Has anyone solved this?

[ghost]

See https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/laracasts-commander-with-artisan-commands

I used the answer given there but don't use the Trait.