---
title: "Feature: #59606 - Integrate Symfony/Console into CommandController"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:feature-59606"
source: "Changelog/7.3/Feature-59606-IntegrateSymfonyConsoleIntoCommandController.rst"
modified: "2026-09-15T10:46:36+00:00"
---

# Feature: #59606 - Integrate Symfony/Console into CommandController

See [forge#59606](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/59606)

## Description

The CommandController now makes use of Symfony/Console internally and
provides various methods directly from the CommandController's `output` member:

-   TableHelper

    -   outputTable($rows, $headers = NULL)
-   DialogHelper

    -   select($question, $choices, $default = NULL, $multiSelect = false, $attempts = FALSE)
    -   ask($question, $default = NULL, array $autocomplete = array())
    -   askConfirmation($question, $default = TRUE)
    -   askHiddenResponse($question, $fallback = TRUE)
    -   askAndValidate($question, $validator, $attempts = FALSE, $default = NULL, array $autocomplete = NULL)
    -   askHiddenResponseAndValidate($question, $validator, $attempts = FALSE, $fallback = TRUE)
-   ProgressHelper

    -   progressStart($max = NULL)
    -   progressSet($current)
    -   progressAdvance($step = 1)
    -   progressFinish()

Here's an example showing of some of those functions:

```php
namespace Acme\Demo\Command;

use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Mvc\Controller\CommandController;

/**
 * My command
 */
class MyCommandController extends CommandController {

   /**
    * @return string
    */
   public function myCommand() {
      // render a table
      $this->output->outputTable(array(
         array('Bob', 34, 'm'),
         array('Sally', 21, 'f'),
         array('Blake', 56, 'm')
      ),
      array('Name', 'Age', 'Gender'));

      // select
      $colors = array('red', 'blue', 'yellow');
      $selectedColorIndex = $this->output->select('Please select one color', $colors, 'red');
      $this->outputLine('You choose the color %s.', array($colors[$selectedColorIndex]));

      // ask
      $name = $this->output->ask('What is your name?' . PHP_EOL, 'Bob', array('Bob', 'Sally', 'Blake'));
      $this->outputLine('Hello %s.', array($name));

      // prompt
      $likesDogs = $this->output->askConfirmation('Do you like dogs?');
      if ($likesDogs) {
         $this->outputLine('You do like dogs!');
      }

      // progress
      $this->output->progressStart(600);
      for ($i = 0; $i < 300; $i ++) {
         $this->output->progressAdvance();
         usleep(5000);
      }
      $this->output->progressFinish();

   }
}
```

## Impact

This change does not alter the public API so it is not breaking
in the strict sense. But it introduces a new behavior:
Previously all output was collected in the `CliResponse` and only rendered to the console at the end of a CLI request.
Now all methods producing output (including `output()` and `outputLine()`) render the result directly to the console.
If you use `$this->response` directly or let the command method return a string, the rendering is still deferred until
the end of the CLI request.