Command Line Interface (CLI)

MyBB packages include a command-line interface (CLI), which provides various administrative tools.

Usage (from MyBB root directory):

$ bin/cli <command> [options] [arguments]

Invoke bin/cli to see available options and commands. Use bin/cli <command> --help to print help for the given command.

The interface supports Symfony Console global options.

Execution

The command-line interface is a PHP script contained in the bin/cli file, relative to the MyBB root directory (which includes folders like admin/, bin/ and cache/).

The CLI requires a PHP interpreter and installed Composer dependencies. A MyBB forum installation is not required to run the CLI.

On Unix-like systems, you may need to make the script executable:
```
$ chmod +x bin/cli
```
And invoke it directly:
```
$ ./bin/cli <command>
```
On Windows, you can invoke the CLI using the php command available on your system:
```
> php bin/cli <command>
```

Commands

`status`

Returns a human-friendly description of the current installation state.

$ bin/cli status [--code]

Possible values:

Not installed
Configuration file with no working database connection
Configuration file with valid credentials, no data in database
Installed version … or newer

Options

--code Returns the corresponding integer instead of a human-friendly string.