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wp-cli/php-cli-tools
====================

Console utilities for PHP

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PHP Command Line Tools
======================

[](#php-command-line-tools)

A collection of functions and classes to assist with command line development.

Requirements

- PHP >= 5.6

Suggested PHP extensions

- mbstring - Used for calculating string widths.

Function List
-------------

[](#function-list)

- `cli\out($msg, ...)`
- `cli\out_padded($msg, ...)`
- `cli\err($msg, ...)`
- `cli\line($msg = '', ...)`
- `cli\input()`
- `cli\prompt($question, $default = false, $marker = ':')`
- `cli\choose($question, $choices = 'yn', $default = 'n')`
- `cli\menu($items, $default = false, $title = 'Choose an Item')`

Progress Indicators
-------------------

[](#progress-indicators)

- `cli\notify\Dots($msg, $dots = 3, $interval = 100)`
- `cli\notify\Spinner($msg, $interval = 100)`
- `cli\progress\Bar($msg, $total, $interval = 100)`

Tabular Display
---------------

[](#tabular-display)

- `cli\Table::__construct(array $headers = null, array $rows = null)`
- `cli\Table::setHeaders(array $headers)`
- `cli\Table::setRows(array $rows)`
- `cli\Table::setRenderer(cli\table\Renderer $renderer)`
- `cli\Table::addRow(array $row)`
- `cli\Table::sort($column)`
- `cli\Table::display()`

The display function will detect if output is piped and, if it is, render a tab delimited table instead of the ASCII table rendered for visual display.

You can also explicitly set the renderer used by calling `cli\Table::setRenderer()` and giving it an instance of one of the concrete `cli\table\Renderer` classes.

Tree Display
------------

[](#tree-display)

- `cli\Tree::__construct()`
- `cli\Tree::setData(array $data)`
- `cli\Tree::setRenderer(cli\tree\Renderer $renderer)`
- `cli\Tree::render()`
- `cli\Tree::display()`

Argument Parser
---------------

[](#argument-parser)

Argument parsing uses a simple framework for taking a list of command line arguments, usually straight from `$_SERVER['argv']`, and parses the input against a set of defined rules.

Check `examples/arguments.php` for an example.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See `examples/` directory for examples.

Todo
----

[](#todo)

- Expand this README
- Add doc blocks to rest of code

###  Health Score

72

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity72

Solid adoption and visibility

Community55

Growing community involvement

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~110 days

Recently: every ~94 days

Total

46

Last Release

63d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.9PHP >= 5.3.0

v0.12.0PHP >= 5.6.0

v0.12.6PHP >= 7.2.24

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