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inanepain/cli
=============

Utilities to simplify working with the console.

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inanepain/cli [![icon](./icon.png "inanepain/cli")](./icon.png)
===============================================================

[](#inanepaincli-)

Table of Contents

- [![icon](./icon.png "inanepain/cli") inanepain/cli](#inanepaincli)
- [1. Install](#install)
- [2. Function List](#function-list)
- [3. Progress Indicators](#progress-indicators)
- [4. Tabular Display](#tabular-display)
- [5. TextTable Display](#texttable-display)
- [6. Tree Display](#tree-display)
- [7. Argument Parser](#argument-parser)
- [8. Usage](#usage)
- [9. Todo](#todo)

[![icon](./icon.png "inanepain/cli")](./icon.png) inanepain/cli
---------------------------------------------------------------

[](#-inanepaincli)

Utilities to simplify working with the console.

Requirements

- PHP >= 8.4

Suggested PHP extensions

- mbstring - Used for calculating string widths.

1. Install
----------

[](#1-install)

composer

```
composer require inanepain/cli
```

2. Function List
----------------

[](#2-function-list)

- `Inane\Cli\out($msg, …​)`
- `Inane\Cli\out_padded($msg, …​)`
- `Inane\Cli\err($msg, …​)`
- `Inane\Cli\line($msg = '', …​)`
- `Inane\Cli\input()`
- `Inane\Cli\prompt($question, $default = false, $marker = ':')`
- `Inane\Cli\choose($question, $choices = 'yn', $default = 'n')`
- `Inane\Cli\menu($items, $default = false, $title = 'Choose an Item')`

3. Progress Indicators
----------------------

[](#3-progress-indicators)

- `Inane\Cli\notify\Dots($msg, $dots = 3, $interval = 100)`
- `Inane\Cli\notify\Spinner($msg, $interval = 100)`
- `Inane\Cli\progress\Bar($msg, $total, $interval = 100)`

4. Tabular Display
------------------

[](#4-tabular-display)

- `Inane\Cli\Table::__construct(array $headers = null, array $rows = null)`
- `Inane\Cli\Table::setHeaders(array $headers)`
- `Inane\Cli\Table::setRows(array $rows)`
- `Inane\Cli\Table::setRenderer(cli\table\Renderer $renderer)`
- `Inane\Cli\Table::addRow(array $row)`
- `Inane\Cli\Table::sort($column)`
- `Inane\Cli\Table::display()`

The display function will detect if output is piped and, if it is, render a tab delimited table instead of the ASCII table rendered for visual display.

You can also explicitly set the renderer used by calling `Inane\Cli\Table::setRenderer()` and giving it an instance of one of the concrete `Inane\Cli\table\Renderer` classes.

5. TextTable Display
--------------------

[](#5-texttable-display)

Alternative table display.

```
$tt = new \Inane\Cli\TextTable();
$tt->addHeader(['Name', 'Description']);
$tt->addRow(['TextTable', 'Alternative table display.']);
echo $tt->render();
```

6. Tree Display
---------------

[](#6-tree-display)

- `Inane\Cli\Tree::__construct()`
- `Inane\Cli\Tree::setData(array $data)`
- `Inane\Cli\Tree::setRenderer(cli\tree\Renderer $renderer)`
- `Inane\Cli\Tree::render()`
- `Inane\Cli\Tree::display()`

7. Argument Parser
------------------

[](#7-argument-parser)

Argument parsing uses a simple framework for taking a list of command line arguments, usually straight from `$_SERVER['argv']`, and parses the input against a set of defined rules.

Check `examples/arguments.php` for an example.

8. Usage
--------

[](#8-usage)

See `examples/` directory for examples.

9. Todo
-------

[](#9-todo)

- Expand this README
- Add doc blocks to rest of code

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~162 days

Recently: every ~249 days

Total

13

Last Release

292d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.10.0PHP >= 5.3.0

0.10.2PHP >= 7.1.0

0.12.0PHP >= 8.1.0

0.12.1PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1823594?v=4)[Philip Michael Raab](/maintainers/inanepain)[@inanepain](https://github.com/inanepain)

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