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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. robinthehood/terminal ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) robinthehood/terminal ===================== With Terminal you can easily output colored text on the console with php. 0.1.5(1y ago)288815MITPHPPHP ^5.6 || ^7.0 || ^8.0 Since Nov 8Pushed 1y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/RobinTheHood/Terminal)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/robinthehood/terminal)[ RSS](/packages/robinthehood-terminal/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago READMEChangelogDependenciesVersions (6)Used By (5) Terminal - Ouput Color with PHP =============================== [](#terminal---ouput-color-with-php) [![alt text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobinTheHood/Terminal/master/docs/Example-Image.png)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RobinTheHood/Terminal/master/docs/Example-Image.png) About ----- [](#about) With Terminal you can easily output colored text on the console with php. Terminal uses the 'terminal escape sequences' to display colored text. If you wish more features feel free to contribute. Installation ------------ [](#installation) If Composer is installed globally, run ``` composer require robinthehood/terminal ``` How to use ---------- [](#how-to-use) ### Code [](#code) ``` require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // if you are using Composer use RobinTheHood\Terminal\Terminal; $terminal = new Terminal(); $terminal->setColor(Terminal::RED); $terminal->out("Hello world in red!\n"); ``` ### Result on the console [](#result-on-the-console) Displays the string on the console in red: ``` Hello world in red! ``` Colors ------ [](#colors) ``` $terminal->setColor(Terminal::GREEN); // use green color ``` Terminal::BLACK Terminal::RED Terminal::GREEN Terminal::YELLOW Terminal::BLUE Terminal::MAGENTA Terminal::CYAN Terminal::ORANGE Terminal::LIGHT\_GRAY Terminal::DARK\_GRAY Terminal::LIGHT\_RED Terminal::LIGHT\_GREEN Terminal::LIGHT\_YELLOW Terminal::LIGHT\_BLUE Terminal::LIGHT\_MAGENTA Terminal::LIGHT\_CYAN More examples ------------- [](#more-examples) ### Example 1 [](#example-1) ``` require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // if you are using Composer use RobinTheHood\Terminal\Terminal; $terminal = new Terminal(); $terminal->setColor(Terminal::RED); $terminal->out("Hello world in red!\n"); $terminal->setColor(Terminal::GREEN); $terminal->out("Hello world in green!\n"); $terminal->setColor(Terminal::BLUE); $terminal->out("Hello world in blue!\n"); ``` ``` Hello world in red! Hello world in green! Hello world in blue! ``` ### Example 2 [](#example-2) Terminal can also display line numbers: ``` require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // if you are using Composer use RobinTheHood\Terminal\Terminal; $terminal = new Terminal(); $terminal->setColor(Terminal::RED); $terminal->setLineNumbersEnabled(true); $terminal->out("Hello world in red with line number!\nThis is the 2. line.\n"); ``` ``` 1 Hello world in red with line number! 2 This is the 2. line. ``` License ======= [](#license) Copyright (c) 2017 Robin Wieschendorf Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ### Health Score 37 — LowBetter than 83% of packages Maintenance42 Moderate activity, may be stable Popularity18 Limited adoption so far Community16 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity62 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 ~658 days Total 5 Last Release 470d ago PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.1PHP ^5.3.3 || ^7.0 0.1.2PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0 0.1.4PHP ^5.6 || ^7.0 || ^8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0d043ae2d04c03dceb7a798a9c76128b13b5e231034a876c31ed78a5d01ad4b1?d=identicon)[RobinTheHood](/maintainers/RobinTheHood) --- Top Contributors [![RobinTheHood](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6323551?v=4)](https://github.com/RobinTheHood "RobinTheHood (13 commits)") --- Tags terminalcolorescape sequences ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/robinthehood-terminal/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/robinthehood-terminal/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/robinthehood-terminal) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/console Eases the creation of beautiful and testable command line interfaces 9.8k1.1B11.3k](/packages/symfony-console)[league/climate PHP's best friend for the terminal. 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