Pass object to task scheduler - laravel

Question

I'm using Laravel 5.2's task scheduler. I need to be able to pass two options to the scheduler, but I'm not sure how to do this.
Here is what I have in my Kernel.php:
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
$schedule->command('simple_cron --first_option=10')
->everyMinute();
}
And this in my simple_cron command:
<?php
namespace App\Console\Commands;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use App\Models\Article;
class SimpleCron extends Command
{
/**
* The name and signature of the console command.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $signature = 'simple_cron';
/**
* The console command description.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $description = '';
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle()
{
$firstOption = $this->option('first_option');
}
}
But this gives me the error:
The "--first_option" option does not exist.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

According to the offical documentation the first thing is that your signature needs to have one/two placeholders for parameters:
protected $signature = 'simple_cron {p1} {p2} {--firstoption=5}';
Here we set a default value of 5 for the option firstoption. If you don't want a default value just write {--firstoption=}
To fetch those parameters in your handle method you can do it like that:
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle()
{
$p1 = $this->argument('p1'); // should be 10
$p2 = $this->argument('p2'); // should be 20
$option1 = $this->option('firstoption'); // should be 99
//
}
You should then be able to call it like this:
$schedule->command('simple_cron 10 20 --firstoption=99')->daily();