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mdurrant/php-console-color
==========================

Extremely simple library for writing to the console in color

1.0.1(11y ago)21.6k1MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Mar 18Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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PhpConsoleColor
===============

[](#phpconsolecolor)

\####Purpose This lightweight library only serves to make formatted console output code more readable.

Instead of:

```
echo "\033[0;31Foo:\033[0m Bar";
```

We can do:

```
$console->writeLn("Foo: Bar");
```

\####Usage

```
$console = new Console();
$console->write('This');
$console->write('is');
$console->write('a');
$console->writeLn('Test');
$console->writeLn('Hello world!');
```

will output

[![Example output](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/369294009528fab63c00af9c9941cf762744ecf561010416a6679caffbed8dd7/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6a6d4a653876752e706e67)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/369294009528fab63c00af9c9941cf762744ecf561010416a6679caffbed8dd7/687474703a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f6a6d4a653876752e706e67)

\####Colors

Color CodeInfoblackBlackredRedgreenGreenyellowYellowblueBluepurplePurplecyanCyanwhiteWhiteblackBBlack BoldredBRed BoldgreenBBlack BoldyellowBYellow BoldblueBBlue BoldpurpleBPurple BoldcyanBCyan BoldwhiteBWhite BoldblackUBlack UnderlinedredURed UnderlinedgreenUBlack UnderlinedyellowUYellow UnderlinedblueUBlue UnderlinedpurpleUPurple UnderlinedcyanUCyan UnderlinedwhiteUWhite Underlined\####License MIT

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4126d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/92b956749d8c60c399c9af1c00b0cd2ecc99ecaa047208193990ec5c63fa2329?d=identicon)[mdurrant](/maintainers/mdurrant)

---

Top Contributors

[![mdurrant](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1095505?v=4)](https://github.com/mdurrant "mdurrant (6 commits)")

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