Laravel database init task?

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<?php

/**
 *    /application/tasks/db.php
 */

class DB_Task {

    /**
     * php artisan db:init [connection] [user]
     */
    public function init($args)
    {

      $connection = Config::get('database.default');
      $run_as_user = 'root';

      switch (count($args)) {
        case 0:
          break;
        case 1:
          $connection  = $args[0];
          break;
        case 2:
        default:
          $connection  = $args[0];
          $run_as_user = $args[1];
          break;
      }

      $db = Config::get('database.connections.'.$connection);
      if (!$db) {
        throw new Exception ("Database connection '$connection' does not exist.");
      }

      $commands = array(
        sprintf('CREATE DATABASE %s',
          $db['database'] ),
        sprintf('GRANT ALL ON %s.* TO %s@localhost INDENTIFIED BY "%s"',
          $db['database'],
          $db['username'],
          $db['password'] )
      );

      // Do it ... (just echo commands for now)

      echo 'mysql -u '.$run_as_user.' -p -e "' .
        addslashes(join("; ", $commands)) . ';"';

    }

}