Invoke a CakePHP console shell on server without command line access

Submitted by Derick Ng on 29 October 2009 - 8:20pm

Is there way to invoke a CakePHP console shell on server without shell access? I have written a shell for performing some once off (and hence not a cron task) post DB upgrade tasks.

I could always just copy the logic into a temporary controller, call its actions via http and then delete it, but was wondering if there was a better way to go about it.