symfony · weaverryan · Nov 4, 2014 · Jul 25, 2014
diff --git a/components/console/events.rst b/components/console/events.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,40 @@ dispatched. Listeners receive a
        $application = $command->getApplication();
    });

+Disable Commands inside Listeners
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.6
+    Disabling commands inside listeners was introduced in Symfony 2.6.
+
+Using the
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Console\\Event\\ConsoleCommandEvent::disableCommand`
+method, you can disable a command inside a listener. The application
+will then not execute the command but return the code `113` (defined in
+``ConsoleCommandEvent::RETURN_CODE_DISABLED``), which is one of the
+`reserved exit codes`_ for console commands to conform with the C/C++ standard.::
+
+    use Symfony\Component\Console\Event\ConsoleCommandEvent;
+    use Symfony\Component\Console\ConsoleEvents;
+
+    $dispatcher->addListener(ConsoleEvents::COMMAND, function (ConsoleCommandEvent $event) {
+        // get the command to be executed
+        $command = $event->getCommand();
+
+        // ... check if the command can be executed
+
+        // disable the command, this will result in the command being skipped
+        // and code 113 being returned from the Application
+        $event->disableCommand();
+
+        // it is possible to enable the command in a later listener
+        if (!$event->commandShouldRun()) {
+            $event->enableCommand();
+        }
+    });
+
+.. _`reserved exit codes`: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html
+
 The ``ConsoleEvents::TERMINATE`` Event
 --------------------------------------

@@ -118,3 +152,4 @@ Listeners receive a
        // change the exception to another one
        $event->setException(new \LogicException('Caught exception', $exitCode, $event->getException()));
    });
+