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ottosmops/consoleoutput
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Laravel Console Output Trait

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A trait to split Symfony/Laravel Console Output to stdout and stderr
====================================================================

[](#a-trait-to-split-symfonylaravel-console-output-to-stdout-and-stderr)

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A trait you can pull into your Laravel-Commands (`use \Ottosmops\Consoleoutput\ConsoleOutputTrait;`). This should help to make the commands behave more like you would expect ("Silence is golden."). The effect: Errors and warnings are sent to `stderr`. Other messages are sent to `stdout` ***only if*** you call the command with `-v`or `-vv`. You can overwrite this when you call the methods. Just set another `$verbosityLevel`.

The trait is inspired by this blog-post:

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require ottosmops/consoleoutput
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Just pull in the trait, and you are ready to go.

```
class TestCommand extents Illuminate\Console\Command
{
     use \Ottosmops\Consoleoutput\ConsoleOutputTrait;

     ...

     public function handle()
     {
        $this->info("This is only an info message."); // This message is only shown, if you call the command with '-v'.
        $this->error("Here comes the error.");
     }
}
```

Methods
-------

[](#methods)

```
debug($message, $verbosityLevel = 'vv')     // black output
info($message, $verbosityLevel = 'v')       // blue output
success($message, $verbosityLevel = 'v')    // green
warn($message, $verbosityLevel = 'normal')  // orange
error($message, $verbosityLevel = 'normal') // red
fatal($message, $verbosityLevel = 'normal') //red and exits
```

Version 1.1
-----------

[](#version-11)

To avoid errors, the methods check if you call them from the command line. Otherwise the Laravel-Log-Methods are called.

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 63% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~709 days

Total

4

Last Release

738d ago

### Community

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