shell_from_browser.php

<?php
/**
 * CakePHP 2.x -- add this code to a controller and then access the controller's route from the browser.
 * This allows you to trigger shells through the browser, so that you can use xdebug if it cannot be accessed
 * through the command line
 */

App::uses('ShellDispatcher', 'Console');

public function index() {
  $argv = array(
    'Queue.Queue',
    'runworker',
    '--group',
    'some_group'
  );
  
  $dispatcher = new ShellDispatcher($argv, false); // false prevents bootstrap code from running
  return ($dispatcher->dispatch() === false ? 1 : 0);
}