help.php

<?php namespace Laravel\CLI\Tasks;

use Laravel\Str;
use Laravel\File;

class Help extends Task {

	/**
	 * List available artisan commands. 
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function commands()
	{
		// read help contents

		$command_data = json_decode(File::get(__DIR__.'/help.json'));

		// format and display help contents

		$i=0;
		foreach($command_data as $category => $commands)
		{
			if($i++ != 0) echo PHP_EOL;

			echo PHP_EOL . "# $category" . PHP_EOL;

			foreach($commands as $command => $details)
			{
				echo PHP_EOL . str_pad($command, 20) . str_pad($details->description, 30);
			}
		}
	}
}