ps-console

Short, safe recipes for the PHP-in-Lando commands that come up in almost every PrestaShop session.

Rules

• Local only. Run from the project root where .lando.yml lives. If the user wants this on a server, stop: servers have their own deploy steps (OPcache, PHP-FPM reload) and other people use them.
• Scripts that write to the DB are fine locally, but say what they write. Throw-away scripts are never committed.
• Check Lando is up first (lando info); if not, use the lando-check skill.

Cache

PrestaShop 8/9 (Symfony):

lando php bin/console cache:clear --env=prod 2>&1 | tail -3
lando php bin/console cache:clear --env=dev 2>&1 | tail -3     # when the project runs in dev mode

All versions, including 1.7 where bin/console is limited or missing, clear Smarty, XML and media caches by bootstrapping the shop:

lando php -r 'require "config/config.inc.php"; Tools::clearAllCache(); echo "cache cleared\n";'

If bin/console fails with a container/compile error, the Symfony cache is corrupt: remove var/cache/<env>/ and run cache:clear again.

Front-office template changes (.tpl) need the Smarty cache cleared (or "Force compilation" in Performance); CSS/JS also need the theme asset cache cleared (Media::clearCache() is included in clearAllCache).

One-off PHP with PrestaShop loaded

lando php -r 'require "config/config.inc.php"; /* your code */'

Notes that avoid the usual confusion:

• CLI has no HTTP_HOST. On multistore or multi-domain projects set it before the require so the right shop and URLs resolve: $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]="<name>.lndo.site";.
• Use the project classes, not raw SQL, when you only read data: new Employee(13), Configuration::get("PS_SHOP_NAME"), Product::getProductName(…). Use Db::getInstance()->executeS(...) for queries; the table prefix is _DB_PREFIX_.
• For anything longer than a line, write a throw-away script inside the project (Lando mounts only the project directory), e.g. _tmp-check.php, run it with lando php _tmp-check.php, and delete it afterwards. Never leave it tracked; check git status before any commit.
• Print results as plain text or json_encode, and keep them short. Do not echo secrets (_COOKIE_KEY_, DB password, API keys).

Admin / BO checks without a browser

• Employee exists and is active: lando php -r 'require "config/config.inc.php"; $e=new Employee(13); echo $e->email," ",(int)$e->active,"\n";'
• A module is installed/enabled: lando php -r 'require "config/config.inc.php"; var_dump(Module::isInstalled("<name>"), Module::isEnabled("<name>"));'
• Hook registered modules: lando php -r 'require "config/config.inc.php"; print_r(array_column(Hook::getHookModuleExecList("<hookName>")?:[], "module"));'