Building awesome CLI apps with PHP
summary
Builds a working CLI to-do with Laravel Zero using SQLite, shows add/list commands then an interactive menu with checkboxes, prompts and a Capital D shortcut for delete and live redraws the menu so changes appear immediately. Demonstrates formatted output via termwind, produces a distributable .far of about 9.3 MB and a standalone bundle ~13 MB that embeds a static PHP binary so it runs without PHP on Windows and Linux with some caveats about extensions.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00CLI apps with PHP
- 1:57PHP for CLI apps
- 3:00PHP CLI tools examples
- 4:25Laravel Zero setup
- 6:12Basic to-do commands
- 8:21Tasks with Termwind tables
- 11:22Interactive task list
- 15:44Add tasks interactively
- 19:17Delete tasks with shortcuts
- 21:04Package CLI app
- 22:33Standalone PHP binaries
- 24:43Final thoughts
- 25:24Q&A
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