Pake is a simple task runner.

Pake is a Make-like program implemented in PHP.
Tasks and dependencies are specified in standard PHP syntax.

Pakefiles (pake's version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard PHP syntax.

These commands requires you to have Composer installed globally. Open a command console, enter your project directory and execute the following commands to download the latest stable version:

composer require --dev roukmoute/pake

First, you must write a Pakefile file which contains the build rules.
Here's a simple example:

<?php

use PhpCsFixer\Console\Application;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;

task(
    'default',
    function () {
        return ['fix'];
    }
);

desc('PHP Coding Standards Fixer');
task(
    'fix',
    function () {
        $application = new Application();
        $application->setAutoExit(false);
        $application->run(new ArrayInput(['fix']));
    }
);

This Pakefile has two tasks:

• A task named fix, which – upon invocation – will fix your code to follow standards in PHP:

▶ php ./vendor/bin/pake fix

• A task named default. This task does nothing by itself, but it has exactly one dependency, namely the fix task.
  Invoking the default task will cause Pake to invoke the fix task as well.

Running the pake command without any options will cause it to run the default task in the Pakefile:

▶ php ./vendor/bin/pake
Loaded config default from ".php_cs.dist".
Using cache file ".php_cs.cache".

Type --help for all available options.