Example code that allows PHP to interact with Tutor from the CLI

The script below will interact with Tutor and download all sets and all cards into individual files, grouped by set.

function queryTutor($commandParameters = '') {
    $tutorPath = '/usr/local/bin/tutor';
    $command = $tutorPath . ' --format ' . 'json' . $commandParameters;

    try {
        $json = exec(escapeshellcmd($command));
        return json_decode($json);
    }
    catch (Exception $e) {
        die($e->getMessage() . '\r\n');
    }
}

function queryTutotForCardsBySet($setName) {
    echo('searching for set name: ' . $setName . '\r\n');
    return queryTutor(' set ' . $setName);
}

function queryTutorForAllSets() {
    echo('searching for sets' . '\r\n');
    return queryTutor(' sets');
}

function writeAllCardsFromGathererToFile() {
    $allSets = queryTutorForAllSets();

    foreach ($allSets AS $set) {
        $filename = './cards/' . strtolower(str_replace(' ', '_', $set)) . '.json';
        if (!file_exists($filename)) {
            $cards = queryTutotForCardsBySet($set);
            file_put_contents($filename, json_encode($cards));
        }
    }
}

writeAllCardsFromGathererToFile();