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lupecode/console
================

A library for printing to the console.

0.7.1(5y ago)145GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Jan 5Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Console
=======

[](#console)

What is it?
-----------

[](#what-is-it)

This library is a console helper for ANSI colors, progress bars, and tables.

If you have a console that is not Windows command prompt, and you can have color in your console, this library will help you jazz up your PHP console applications.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

This library requires PHP >= 7.0.

### Readline

[](#readline)

If you wish to use `Console::readline`, `Console::promptReadline`, or `Console::optionsReadline` you will need to have the readline module loaded in PHP. On Windows, this requires PHP >= 7.1.0

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

[](#installation)

The best way to install this console helper is to use Composer.

```
composer require lupecode/console
```

How To
------

[](#how-to)

#### tl;dr

[](#tldr)

See the tests folder.

### Basic Print

[](#basic-print)

```
Console::print('Hello World'); // Will not print a new line at the end
Console::printLine('Hello World'); // Will print a new line at the end
```

### Built-in Styles

[](#built-in-styles)

Console has a few built-in styles.

```
Console::printHeader('Header Message'); // Prints the text in a yellow box
Console::printDebug('Debug Message'); // Prints the text in a gray color
Console::printError('Error Message'); // Prints the text in a red color
Console::printStatus('Status Message'); // Prints the text in a blue color
Console::printSuccess('Success Message'); // Prints the text in a green color
```

### 16 Color Palette

[](#16-color-palette)

Console has support for 16 color palette.

```
$color = new Color16();
$color
    ->setBackgroundColor(Color::YELLOW)
    ->setForegroundColor(Color::BLACK)
    ->setFlag(Color::BOLD)
;
Console::printLine('Print Line In Color', $color);
```

### 256 Color Palette

[](#256-color-palette)

Console has support for 256 color palette. These colors range with RGB from 0 to 5 for 216 colors. There are 24 levels of grayscale.

```
$color = new Color256();
$color
    ->setBackgroundColor(5,5,0)
    ->setForegroundColorGrayscale(0)
    ->setFlag(Color::BOLD)
;
Console::printLine('Print Line In Color', $color);
```

### Progress Bars

[](#progress-bars)

Console has support for progress bars.

```
$pBar = Console::progressBar();
$pBar->setBarSize(30)->setTotal(100)->startTimer();
for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) {
    $pBar->increment();
}
$pBar->finish();
```

### Tables

[](#tables)

Console has support for tables.

```
Console::table()
   ->addColumn('ID')
   ->addColumn('Title')
   ->addColumn('ISBN')
   ->addRow([1, 'Lorem Ipsum and the Valley of Goblins', '987-12345678-1'])
   ->addRow([2, 'Lorem Ipsum and the Chair of Sadness', '987-12345678-2'])
   ->addRow([3, 'Lorem Ipsum and the Sands of Itchiness', '987-12345678-3'])
   ->addRow([4, 'Lorem Ipsum and the Lingua Franca', '987-12345678-4'])
   ->printTable()
;
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

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

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~101 days

Recently: every ~145 days

Total

8

Last Release

1977d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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