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weew/console-formatter
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Formatter for command line output.

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Output Formatter for command line
=================================

[](#output-formatter-for-command-line)

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Table of contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

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

[](#installation)

`composer require weew/console-formatter`

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

This package allows you to format text for terminal, using very simple and html like syntax. You will be able to change *text color*, *text background* and *text format*.

This package **has not been tested on windows** and I do not intend to do so. Contributions for windows support are highly appreciated.

Adding styles
-------------

[](#adding-styles)

Before you'll be able to use styles, you must created them first.

```
$formatter = new ConsoleFormatter();

$style = (new ConsoleStyle('alert'))
    ->setColor(ConsoleColor::WHITE)
    ->setBackground(ConsoleBackground::RED)
    ->setFormat([ConsoleFormat::BOLD, ConsoleFormat::UNDERLINE]);
$formatter->addStyle($style);

// or

$formatter->style('alert')
    ->setColor(ConsoleColor::WHITE)
    ->setBackground(ConsoleBackground::RED)
    ->setFormat([ConsoleFormat::BOLD, ConsoleFormat::UNDERLINE]);

// or

$formatter->style('alert')
    ->parseStyle('clr=white bg=red fmt=bold,underline');
```

Using styles
------------

[](#using-styles)

As soon as you've register a style, it will be applied to matching tags. If a style is unknown, the tag will be ignored. Example below will output properly formatted text.

```
echo $formatter->format('text');
```

Using inline styles
-------------------

[](#using-inline-styles)

You can apply styling inline, without having to register a new style. To do that you must use the `` tag.

```
echo $formatter->format('red text on white background');
```

You can also use inline styling on predefined styles.

```
$formatter->format('alert style with yellow text');
```

Style isolation
---------------

[](#style-isolation)

Whenever you have nested styles, one style might inherit from the parent. This is disabled by default to prevent unwanted styles changes. You can enable it for each style separately.

```
$formatter->style('name')
   ->setAllowInheritance(true);
```

Disabling ANSI
--------------

[](#disabling-ansi)

If you're working with a terminal that does not support ANSI, you can disable formatting. All known style tags will be removed from the string.

```
$formatter->setEnableAnsi(false);
// will return: alert tag
$formatter->format('alert tag');
```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

You can run the `examples.php` file to see if it works on your system.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

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 ~15 days

Recently: every ~26 days

Total

8

Last Release

3579d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.0 → v2.0.02016-04-05

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