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[Console] Add Process Helper documentation #3930

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions components/console/helpers/index.rst
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dialoghelper
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* :doc:`/components/console/helpers/dialoghelper`
* :doc:`/components/console/helpers/formatterhelper`
* :doc:`/components/console/helpers/processhelper`
* :doc:`/components/console/helpers/progressbar`
* :doc:`/components/console/helpers/progresshelper`
* :doc:`/components/console/helpers/questionhelper`
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.. index::
single: Console Helpers; Process Helper

Process Helper
==============

.. versionadded:: 2.6
The Process Helper was introduced in Symfony 2.6.

The Process Helper shows processes as they're running and reports
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it's a process helper

useful information about process status.

To display process details, use the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Helper\\ProcessHelper`
and run your command with verbosity. For example, running the following code with
a very verbose verbosity (e.g. -vv)::

use Symfony\Component\Process\ProcessBuilder;

$helper = $this->getHelper('process');
$process = ProcessBuilder::create(array('figlet', 'Symfony'))->getProcess();

$helper->run($output, $process);

will result in this output:

.. image:: /images/components/console/process-helper-verbose.png

It will result in more detailed output with debug verbosity (e.g. ``-vvv``):

.. image:: /images/components/console/process-helper-debug.png

In case the process fails, debugging is easier:

.. image:: /images/components/console/process-helper-error-debug.png

Arguments
---------

There are three ways to use the process helper:
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We could use an unordered list for the three ways to use the helper. What do you think?


* Either using a command line string::

// ...
$helper->run($output, 'figlet Symfony');

* An array of arguments::

// ...
$helper->run($output, array('figlet', 'Symfony'));

.. note::

When running the helper against an array of arguments, be aware that
these ones will be automatically escaped.

* Or a :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Process\\Process` instance::

use Symfony\Component\Process\ProcessBuilder;

// ...
$process = ProcessBuilder::create(array('figlet', 'Symfony'))->getProcess();

$helper->run($output, $process);

Customized Display
------------------

You can display a customized error message using the third argument of the
:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Helper\\ProcessHelper::run` method::

$helper->run($output, $process, 'The process failed :(');

A custom process callback can be passed as fourth argument, refer to the
:doc:`Process Component </components/process>` for callback documentation::

use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;

$helper->run($output, $process, 'The process failed :(', function ($type, $data) {
if (Process::ERR === $type) {
// ... do something with the stderr output
} else {
// ... do something with the stdout
}
});
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