Install Module in Magento 2.2.x without using CLI

Question

I tried the system() ex.( system(php bin/magento setup:upgrade) ) function of PHP to execute the CLI command of Magento, but no luck. Is there any other way? It is very hassle to use Flush Static Files Cache in Admin Panel just to apply the CSS or JS I added. We are using shared server, that means there is no SSH Account provided to us.

Answer 1

Login through SSH to your server (using something like PUTTY)

Use the command

cd path/to/magento/install/

Obviously change the path above to your actual Magento install, maybe

cd public_html/magento/

From there to install a module

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento setup:di:compile

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

NOTE: FTP into your server and check in public_html/magento/bin/ that the magento file has the permission to be executed i.e. 0744

Answer 2

Try this `
getObjectManager();

$modules = array('VENDORNAME_MODULENAME');
try{
    /* Code to enable a module [ php bin/magento module:enable VENDORNAME_MODULENAME ] */
    $moduleStatus = $objectManager->create('Magento\Framework\Module\Status')->setIsEnabled(true,$modules);


    /* Code to run setup upgrade [ php bin/magento setup:upgrade ] */
    $installerFactory = $objectManager->create('Magento\Setup\Test\Unit\Console\Command\UpgradeCommandTest')->testExecute();


    /* Code to clean cache [ php bin/magento:cache:clean ] */
    try{
        $_cacheTypeList = $objectManager->create('Magento\Framework\App\Cache\TypeListInterface');
        $_cacheFrontendPool = $objectManager->create('Magento\Framework\App\Cache\Frontend\Pool');
        $types = array('config','layout','block_html','collections','reflection','db_ddl','eav','config_integration','config_integration_api','full_page','translate','config_webservice');
        foreach ($types as $type) {
            $_cacheTypeList->cleanType($type);
        }
        foreach ($_cacheFrontendPool as $cacheFrontend) {
            $cacheFrontend->getBackend()->clean();
        }
    }catch(Exception $e){
        echo $msg = 'Error during cache clean: '.$e->getMessage();die();
    }   
}catch(Exception $e){
    echo $msg = 'Error during module enabling : '.$e->getMessage();die();
}`

Answer 3

Add your module name in app/etc/config.php like as

'Vendor_Module'=>1

Then run below code from root like as create file custom.php in root

Then run url like as below

http://your domain url/custom.php

<?php

use Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap;

require __DIR__ . '/app/bootstrap.php';

$bootstrap = Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);

$obj = $bootstrap->getObjectManager();

$state = $obj->get('Magento\Framework\App\State');
$state->setAreaCode('frontend');
$k[0]='bin/magento';
$k[1]='setup:upgrade'; // write your proper command like setup:upgrade,cache:enable etc...
$_SERVER['argv']=$k;
try {
    $handler = new \Magento\Framework\App\ErrorHandler();
    set_error_handler([$handler, 'handler']);
    $application = new Magento\Framework\Console\Cli('Magento CLI');
    $application->run();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    while ($e) {
        echo $e->getMessage();
        echo $e->getTraceAsString();
        echo "\n\n";
        $e = $e->getPrevious();
    }
}