Laravel 4 commands that can work remotely while be called on a local system.

RefreshCommand.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;

class RefreshCommand extends RemoteSupportCommand {

	protected $name = 'mysite:refresh';
	protected $description = 'My description';

	public function __construct()
	{
		parent::__construct();
	}

	public function fire()
	{

    /**
     *  If parent::fire() returns 1, it was executed on the connection server and not local.
     */
		if (parent::fire() == 1)
			return true;

		// run my task such as sending daily email etc etc.
		
	}

		protected function getArguments()
	{
		return parent::getArguments();
	}

	protected function getOptions()
	{
		return array();
	}

}

RemoteSupportCommand.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\SSH;

/**
 * TODO:  Pass in the arguments to the fire method
 */

class RemoteSupportCommand extends Command {

	protected $name = '';

	public function __construct()
	{
		parent::__construct();
	}

	public function fire()
	{

		if ( is_null( $this->argument('connection') ) ) return 0;


		SSH::into( $this->argument('connection') )->run(array(
			'cd ' . $this->getRoot( $this->argument('connection') ),
			'php artisan ' . $this->name,
		));

		return 1;

	}

	protected function getRemote($connection) {
		return $this->laravel['remote']->connection( $connection );
	}

	protected function getRoot($connection) {
		return $this->laravel['config']['remote.connections.' . $connection . '.root'];
	}

	protected function getArguments()
	{
		return array(
			array('connection', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'The remote commention name')
		);
	}

}