AppserverIo\Appserver\Provisioning\Steps\ExecCliStep::execute PHP Method

    public function execute()
    {
        // try to load the script from the configuration
        if ($script = $this->getStepNode()->getExecute()->getScript()) {
            // prepare script by prepending the webapp directory
            $script = new \SplFileInfo($this->getWebappPath() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . ltrim($script, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR));
            // check if the configured script is a file
            if ($script->isFile() === false) {
                throw new \Exception(sprintf('Script %s is not a file', $script));
            }
            // prepare the scripts arguments
            $args = '';
            if ($params = $this->getStepNode()->getExecute()->getArgs()) {
                $args .= ' -- ';
                foreach ($params as $param) {
                    // query whether or not the argument has a name
                    if ($name = $param->getName()) {
                        $args .= ' --' . $name;
                    }
                    // append the value finally
                    $args .= ' ' . $param->castToType();
                }
            }
            // prepare the PHP executable, the script and the arguments
            $toExecute = $this->getPhpExecutable() . ' -f ' . $script . $args;
            // initialize exec() output and return var
            $output = array();
            $returnVar = 0;
            $this->getInitialContext()->getSystemLogger()->info("Now execute: {$toExecute}");
            // execute the script on the command line
            exec($toExecute, $output, $returnVar);
            // check if script has been executed successfully
            if ($returnVar !== 0) {
                // if not, throw an exception
                throw new \Exception(implode(PHP_EOL, $output));
            }
        }
    }