Question

I’m wondering if it’s possible to share code (functions and variables) between a Shell and its Tasks. For example, say I have the following:

Class MyShell extends Shell{

 var $tasks = array('MyTask');
 var $someVariable;

 function someFunction(){}
}

and then in my tasks:

class MyTask extends Shell {
   //somehow access the someFunction() and $someVariable in here
}

Is this possible? Also, whether it is or isnt, is this not the recommended cake way? Thank you!

Answer 1

Then why not extend the shell class with the task, like this?

<?php
class MyTask extends MyShell {
  function taskFunction() {
    $someFunctionResult = $this->someFunction();
  }
}