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daijulong/console
=================

A simple, lightweight console for php

1.1.0(7y ago)0601MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jul 31Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Console
=======

[](#console)

A simple, lightweight console for php

[中文版本](README_CN.md)

Require
-------

[](#require)

- php: >= 5.4

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$  composer require daijulong/console
```

composer.json

```
"daijulong/console": "^1.1"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Output

[](#output)

Create a console instance

```
$console = \Daijulong\Console\Console::instance();
```

Print a message at the console

```
$console->text('I am a message!');
```

Print a message with a foreground color and a background color

```
$console->text('I am a message with red foreground color and yellow background color.', 'red', 'yellow');
```

> You can get all supported colors from `Daijulong\Console\Color\Foreground::class` and `Daijulong\Console\Color\Background::class` .

Print a message in a shortcut

```
$console->success('I am a success message.');
```

> This will print a line of green text. Other similar methods are `error`, `warning`, `alert` and more.

### Input

[](#input)

Ask a question and get the answer

```
$name = $console->ask('Who are you?');
```

> You can use second parameter as the default value. If there are third parameter equal to `true` , the answer can not be empty, even if the default value is set.

Often, you just need to answer yes or no.

```
$bool = $console->yesOrNo('Are you going to give me your money?');
```

> The console will be kept asking until you answer yes or no. Similarly, if any, the second parameter is the default value.

### Other

[](#other)

Coloring string

```
$console->colored('I am a message with red foreground color and yellow background color.', 'red', 'yellow');
```

> Similar to `text`, it does not output directly, which is very useful in displaying a variety of styles in a piece of content.

License
=======

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

2842d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a269645782557daab88eb3bcc2769c59952446bbba11d609065818f0c0a79de1?d=identicon)[daijulong](/maintainers/daijulong)

---

Top Contributors

[![daijulong](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2356884?v=4)](https://github.com/daijulong "daijulong (7 commits)")

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