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mortenscheel/php-inquirer
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Beautiful command-line prompts for PHP

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Since Jul 7Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Inquirer
============

[](#php-inquirer)

Beautiful interactive CLI prompts for PHP, based on the Rust [inquire](https://github.com/mikaelmello/inquire) crate.

Demo
----

[](#demo)

```
$name = Text::make()->prompt('Name')->placeholder('John Doe')->run();
$password = Password::make()->prompt('Password')->confirm()->run();
$birthday = Date::make()->prompt('Birthday')->maxDate(date('Y-m-d'))->run();
$whitespace = Select::make()->prompt('Indentation')->options(['Tabs', 'Spaces'])->run();
$hobbies = MultiSelect::make()->options(['Programming', 'Music', 'Cooking'])->initial(['Programming'])->run();
$bio = Editor::make()->prompt('Your Bio')->hint('Close editor when finished')->run();
$confirm = Confirm::make()->prompt('Proceed')->default(true)->run();

echo json_encode(compact('name', 'password', 'birthday', 'whitespace', 'hobbies', 'bio', 'confirm'), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
```

[![](./demo.gif)](./demo.gif)

About
-----

[](#about)

This is a simple proof of concept. I like the interactive prompts provided by the inquire crate, and I wanted to see what it took to use them in PHP CLI scripts.

This package includes a simple Rust cli app, pre-compiled for Linux, Mac and Windows. The PHP library is a simple wrapper that calls the rust app using `exec()`. I wanted to use `symfony/process`, but I couldn't find a way to make it fully interactive, while also being able to capture the output and exit code.

Caveat about the `Editor` prompt: By default it uses the editor defined in `EDITOR` or `VISUAL` (falls back to `nano`). Unfortunately this wrapper doesn't support terminal editors, but using a GUI editor like vscode does work. To use VS Code as the editor, either `export VISUAL=code` or run the editor with `->program('code')`.

If you have suggestions, please open an issue or submit a PR.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance33

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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

674d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6514342?v=4)[Morten Scheel](/maintainers/mortenscheel)[@mortenscheel](https://github.com/mortenscheel)

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Top Contributors

[![mortenscheel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6514342?v=4)](https://github.com/mortenscheel "mortenscheel (5 commits)")

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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