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diversen/php-cli-spinners
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Show a cli spinner while executing a callback

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php-cli-spinners
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[](#php-cli-spinners)

Simple PHP library for displaying spinners in the terminal while running a callback function.

You will need to have the [pcntl](https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pcntl.php) extension installed.

The library uses this [collection of spinners](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners):

The spinners can be seen [in action here](https://jsfiddle.net/sindresorhus/2eLtsbey/embedded/result/)

If you don't have the `pcntl` extension installed, you can still use the library, but you will not see the spinner.

On windows use WSL. There may be some trouble using UTF-8 characters in the terminal on WSL.

In this case you can use the `simpleDots` or `simpleDotsScrolling` spinner.

How it works
------------

[](#how-it-works)

The library will run a callback function in a separate process which displays the spinner. The main process will run the callback function and return the result.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require diversen/php-cli-spinners
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```