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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. gipetto/cowsay ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) gipetto/cowsay ============== An extensible PHP port of the Cowsay linux utility 2.1.0(1y ago)106.6k↓66.7%2[1 issues](https://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing Since May 14Pushed 3mo ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/gipetto/cowsay)[ Docs](http://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay)[ RSS](/packages/gipetto-cowsay/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (9)Dependencies (2)Versions (11)Used By (0) PHP CowSay ========== [](#php-cowsay) [![Release Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/bd132bab95305502c1d3a257f352fa18a442840a69d8ebbb94882e6a7bebed90/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f72656c656173652f4769706574746f2f436f775361792e737667)](https://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay/releases)[![Packagist Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/455ca40c5c3dd6b87f5fdf3f1ce853b5a500c59fd7f8722e1cb8c80f5e54e7f5/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f4769706574746f2f436f775361792e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/gipetto/cowsay)[![Build Status](https://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Gipetto/CowSay/actions/workflows/main.yml)[![Moo, Cow](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b99a740c77f6aaf71117e1ddb2aa00f9397ac8355d9ecfbefa9e9eb19f322c14/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4d6f6f2d436f772d6f72616e67652e737667)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b99a740c77f6aaf71117e1ddb2aa00f9397ac8355d9ecfbefa9e9eb19f322c14/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4d6f6f2d436f772d6f72616e67652e737667) An extensible PHP port of the [Linux Cowsay](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowsay) utility. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - Minimum: PHP 8.1+ - Recommended: PHP 8.2+ CowSay will update to stay in step with the latest, actively supported PHP version. [See the Official PHP list of supported versions](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php) Install ------- [](#install) ``` $ composer require Gipetto/CowSay ``` Quickstart ---------- [](#quickstart) ``` use CowSay\Cow; $bessie = new Cow('Hello, Farm!'); // store the output in a variable $output = $bessie->say(); echo $output; // or just echo the object for direct output echo $bessie; ``` Displays: ``` ------------ < Hello, Farm! > ------------ \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || || ``` Run `php demo.php` to see all the included cows and their traits. Traits ------ [](#traits) Cows support a few traits. You can specify the Eyes, Tongue, Udder and, yes, you can specify Poop. ``` $bessie = new Cow('Hello, Farm!'); $bessie->setEyes('oO') ->setTongue('U') ->setPoop('@@@') ->setUdder('W'); echo $bessie; ``` Displays: ``` ------------ < Hello, Farm! > ------------ \ ^__^ \ (oO)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ U ||----W | || || @@@ ``` Extending CowSay ---------------- [](#extending-cowsay) ### Adding New Carcases [](#adding-new-carcases) CowSay is easily extended to add new carcases for your custom needs. See the [Carcasses](docs/Carcasses.md) tutorial for more information. ### Adding New Traits [](#adding-new-traits) It is easy to add new Traits to CowSay. See the [Custom Traits](docs/CustomTraits.md) documentation for more information. Known Issues ------------ [](#known-issues) - Line length calculations are not fully understood for strings with longer byte length characters. ie: Chinese. License ------- [](#license) CowSay is licensed under [The MIT License (MIT)](LICENSE.txt). ### Health Score 50 — FairBetter than 95% of packages Maintenance66 Regular maintenance activity Popularity28 Limited adoption so far Community9 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity78 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 ~447 days Recently: every ~845 days Total 9 Last Release 437d ago Major Versions 1.2.0 → 2.0.02024-07-19 PHP version history (5 changes)1.0PHP >=5.4.0 1.1.0PHP >=7.2.0 1.2.0PHP >=7.4.0 2.0.0PHP >=8.0.2 2.1.0PHP >=8.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/25234ab7a6e12618cce1ea9aff234ea539a10d1fbd02667d65dcf327f4e01068?d=identicon)[Gipetto](/maintainers/Gipetto) --- Top Contributors [![Gipetto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71515?v=4)](https://github.com/Gipetto "Gipetto (46 commits)") --- Tags cowsayphpcowsaycowscow ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/gipetto-cowsay/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/gipetto-cowsay/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/gipetto-cowsay) ``` ### Alternatives [phing/phing PHing Is Not GNU make; it's a PHP project build system or build tool based on Apache Ant. 1.2k21.7M868](/packages/phing-phing)[shlinkio/shlink A self-hosted and PHP-based URL shortener application with CLI and REST interfaces 4.8k4.3k](/packages/shlinkio-shlink)[flow-php/etl PHP ETL - Extract Transform Load - Abstraction 374468.4k48](/packages/flow-php-etl)[alrik11es/cowsayphp Cowsay port in PHP 72516.3k1](/packages/alrik11es-cowsayphp)[symfony/ai-bundle Integration bundle for Symfony AI components 30282.3k6](/packages/symfony-ai-bundle)[netgen/layouts-core Netgen Layouts enables you to build and manage complex web pages in a simpler way and with less coding. 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