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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. chernegasergiy/table-magic ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) chernegasergiy/table-magic ========================== A PHP library for creating and manipulating tables in a console output format. v2.0.0(6mo ago)038LicenseRef-CSSM-Unlimited-2.0PHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.2CI passing Since Oct 19Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/ChernegaSergiy/table-magic)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/chernegasergiy/table-magic)[ RSS](/packages/chernegasergiy-table-magic/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (2)Versions (11)Used By (0) TableMagic ========== [](#tablemagic) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/28f88684e97f50b7de1f6cec22cfc31d281ada51e55b13c29c208c430b0072c1/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f636865726e6567617365726769792f7461626c652d6d616769632e7376673f6c6162656c3d5061636b6167697374266c6f676f3d7061636b6167697374)](https://packagist.org/packages/chernegasergiy/table-magic)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/820877ca5420b14259430859d69bdebfd606372e7855525ab885fbf583d896d0/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f636865726e6567617365726769792f7461626c652d6d616769632e7376673f6c6162656c3d446f776e6c6f616473266c6f676f3d7061636b6167697374)](https://packagist.org/packages/chernegasergiy/table-magic)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/ee3a34c0537d4c5d879dbb7491ca731036e62f0dbcc6c692651244855b802e4b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f636865726e6567617365726769792f7461626c652d6d616769632e7376673f6c6162656c3d4c6963656e6365266c6f676f3d6f70656e2d736f757263652d696e6974696174697665)](https://packagist.org/packages/chernegasergiy/table-magic)[![Tests](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e55a8f66152daac2368cc3f84b94bb498d1e4b9c207bd0ccc5c426b20651f56f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f436865726e6567615365726769792f7461626c652d6d616769632f706870756e69742e796d6c3f6c6162656c3d5465737473266c6f676f3d676974687562)](https://github.com/ChernegaSergiy/table-magic/actions/workflows/phpunit.yml)[![Test Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5986534dcca2f1d8e7d313ef4df51168bd96068ec9407b69323c836a8eb54d1d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f6465636f762f632f6769746875622f436865726e6567615365726769792f7461626c652d6d616769633f6c6162656c3d54657374253230436f766572616765266c6f676f3d636f6465636f76)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/ChernegaSergiy/table-magic)[![Static Analysis](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/19aeeea30e608c860d719b2da35aef8bb10165ebd344ec92354e27209c07dc36/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f436865726e6567615365726769792f7461626c652d6d616769632f7068707374616e2e796d6c3f6c6162656c3d5048505374616e266c6f676f3d676974687562)](https://github.com/ChernegaSergiy/table-magic/actions/workflows/phpstan.yml) **TableMagic** is a powerful and flexible PHP library designed for creating and manipulating tables in console output. Inspired by Python's PrettyTable, TableMagic empowers developers to effortlessly display tabular data with customizable alignment, sorting, and styling options. Features -------- [](#features) - **Easy Table Creation**: Quickly create tables with headers and rows. - **Dynamic Row Addition**: Add rows easily with support for automatic column width adjustment. - **Customizable Column Alignments**: Align columns to the left, right, or center. - **UTF-8 Support**: Properly display non-ASCII characters. - **Sorting Capability**: Sort tables by any column in ascending or descending order. - **Export and Import Options**: Import data from CSV, JSON, XML, and Markdown formats, and export to HTML, CSV, JSON, XML, and Markdown using a flexible, object-oriented approach with dedicated importer and exporter classes. - **Customizable Table Styles**: Apply various predefined styles or define your own for unique table appearances. - **Terminal Interaction**: Paginate through large tables in the console. Repository Structure -------------------- [](#repository-structure) Here is the updated structure of the core `src/TableMagic` directory: ``` src/ \-- TableMagic/ +-- Table.php +-- TableExporter.php +-- TableImporter.php +-- TableStyle.php +-- TableStyleRegistry.php +-- TerminalInteraction.php +-- Interfaces/ # Defines contracts for importers and exporters | +-- TableImporterInterface.php | \-- TableExporterInterface.php +-- Importers/ # Concrete implementations for importing various formats | +-- CsvTableImporter.php | +-- JsonTableImporter.php | +-- MarkdownTableImporter.php | \-- XmlTableImporter.php \-- Exporters/ # Concrete implementations for exporting to various formats +-- CsvTableExporter.php +-- HtmlTableExporter.php +-- JsonTableExporter.php +-- MarkdownTableExporter.php \-- XmlTableExporter.php ``` Installation ------------ [](#installation) You can install TableMagic using Composer: ``` composer require chernegasergiy/table-magic ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) Here's a quick example to get you started with TableMagic: ``` require_once 'vendor/autoload.php'; use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\Table; // Define headers and alignments $headers = ['Employee ID', 'Name', 'Department', 'Performance Score', 'Review Date']; $alignments = [ 'Employee ID' => 'r', 'Performance Score' => 'r', 'Review Date' => 'c', ]; // Create a new Table instance $table = new Table($headers, $alignments); // Add rows to the table $table->addRow([1001, 'Alice Thompson', 'Marketing', 85, '2024-06-15']); $table->addRow([1002, 'Brian Lee', 'Sales', 90, '2024-06-18']); $table->addRow([1003, 'Carol Martinez', 'Engineering', 88, '2024-06-20']); // Display the table echo $table; // Sort the table by 'Performance Score' (descending order) $table->sortTable('Performance Score', 'desc'); echo "\n\nSorted by Performance Score (Descending):\n"; echo $table; ``` This will output: ``` +-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------+ | Employee ID | Name | Department | Performance Score | Review Date | +-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------+ | 1001 | Alice Thompson | Marketing | 85 | 2024-06-15 | | 1002 | Brian Lee | Sales | 90 | 2024-06-18 | | 1003 | Carol Martinez | Engineering | 88 | 2024-06-20 | +-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------+ Sorted by Performance Score (Descending): +-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------+ | Employee ID | Name | Department | Performance Score | Review Date | +-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------+ | 1002 | Brian Lee | Sales | 90 | 2024-06-18 | | 1003 | Carol Martinez | Engineering | 88 | 2024-06-20 | | 1001 | Alice Thompson | Marketing | 85 | 2024-06-15 | +-------------+----------------+-------------+-------------------+-------------+ ``` Table Styling ------------- [](#table-styling) TableMagic offers extensive customization options for table appearance through its styling system. You can apply various predefined styles or define your own custom styles to match your application's aesthetic. ### Predefined Styles [](#predefined-styles) TableMagic comes with several built-in styles, including: `default`, `compact`, `dots`, `rounded`, `unicode-single-line`, `unicode-double-line`, `github-markdown`, `reddit-markdown`, `restructured-text-grid`, and `restructured-text-simple`. Here's an example demonstrating some of these styles, along with a custom one: ``` require_once 'vendor/autoload.php'; use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\Table; use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\TableStyle; use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\TableStyleRegistry; $table = new Table( ['Product', 'Quantity', 'Price'], [ 'Quantity' => 'c', // Center align Quantity 'Price' => 'r' // Right align Price ] ); $table->addRow(['Laptop', 2, 1200.50]); $table->addRow(['Mouse', 5, 25.00]); $table->addRow(['Keyboard', 1, 75.99]); echo "Default Style:\n"; $table->setStyle('default'); echo $table; echo "\nCompact Style:\n"; $table->setStyle('compact'); echo $table; echo "\nUnicode Single Line Style:\n"; $table->setStyle('unicode-single-line'); echo $table; // Define and apply a custom style $custom_style = new TableStyle( '¦', // Vertical separator (light vertical bar) ['╭', '─', '┬', '╮'], // Top border (rounded corners) ['├', '─', '┼', '┤'], // Header separator (light lines) ['¦', '┄', '┼', '¦'], // Row separator (dashed horizontal, light vertical) ['╰', '─', '┴', '╯'] // Bottom border (rounded corners) ); TableStyleRegistry::register('custom-fancy', $custom_style); echo "\nCustom 'Fancy' Style:\n"; $table->setStyle('custom-fancy'); echo $table; ``` This will output: ``` Default Style: +----------+----------+--------+ | Product | Quantity | Price | +----------+----------+--------+ | Laptop | 2 | 1200.5 | | Mouse | 5 | 25 | | Keyboard | 1 | 75.99 | +----------+----------+--------+ Compact Style: Product Quantity Price ---------- ---------- -------- Laptop 2 1200.5 Mouse 5 25 Keyboard 1 75.99 Unicode Single Line Style: ┌──────────┬──────────┬────────┐ │ Product │ Quantity │ Price │ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────┤ │ Laptop │ 2 │ 1200.5 │ │ Mouse │ 5 │ 25 │ │ Keyboard │ 1 │ 75.99 │ └──────────┴──────────┴────────┘ Custom 'Fancy' Style: ╭──────────┬──────────┬────────╮ ¦ Product ¦ Quantity ¦ Price ¦ ├──────────┼──────────┼────────┤ ¦ Laptop ¦ 2 │ 1200.5 ¦ ¦ Mouse ¦ 5 │ 25 ¦ ¦ Keyboard │ 1 │ 75.99 ¦ ╰──────────┴──────────┴────────╯ ``` ### Importing Data [](#importing-data) Data can be imported using the `TableImporter` factory, which delegates to specific importer classes based on the format: ``` use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\TableImporter; $importer = new TableImporter(); $csv_data = "Name,Age\nAlice,30\nBob,25"; $table_from_csv = $importer->import($csv_data, 'csv'); $json_data = '{"headers":["Name","Age"],"rows":[["Charlie",30],["David",25]]}'; $table_from_json = $importer->import($json_data, 'json'); $xml_data = 'NameAgeEve30'; $table_from_xml = $importer->import($xml_data, 'xml'); $markdown_data = "| Name | Age |\n|:---|---:|\n| Frank | 40 |\n| Grace | 35 |"; $table_from_markdown = $importer->import($markdown_data, 'markdown'); // You can also directly use specific importer classes: use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\Importers\CsvTableImporter; $csv_importer = new CsvTableImporter(); $table_direct_csv = $csv_importer->import($csv_data); ``` ### Exporting Data [](#exporting-data) Tables can be exported using the `TableExporter` factory, which delegates to specific exporter classes based on the format: ``` use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\TableExporter; $table_to_export = new Table(['Col1'], ['Val1']); $exporter = new TableExporter($table_to_export); $html_output = $exporter->export('html'); $csv_output = $exporter->export('csv'); $json_output = $exporter->export('json'); $xml_output = $exporter->export('xml'); $markdown_output = $exporter->export('markdown'); // You can also directly use specific exporter classes: use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\Exporters\HtmlTableExporter; $html_exporter = new HtmlTableExporter(); $direct_html_output = $html_exporter->export($table_to_export); ``` ### Terminal Interaction [](#terminal-interaction) For large datasets, you can interactively paginate through the table: ``` use ChernegaSergiy\TableMagic\TerminalInteraction; $terminal_interaction = new TerminalInteraction($table); $terminal_interaction->run(); ``` An example script demonstrating terminal interaction is available at `examples/run_terminal_interaction.php`. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) Contributions are welcome and appreciated! Here's how you can contribute: 1. Fork the project 2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`) 3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`) 4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`) 5. Open a Pull Request Please make sure to update tests as appropriate and adhere to the existing coding style. License ------- [](#license) This project is licensed under the CSSM Unlimited License v2.0 (CSSM-ULv2). See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details. Acknowledgments --------------- [](#acknowledgments) - Inspired by the Python [PrettyTable](https://github.com/jazzband/prettytable) library - Thanks to all contributors who have helped shape TableMagic ### Health Score 40 — FairBetter than 88% of packages Maintenance76 Regular maintenance activity Popularity8 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity58 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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