README

Console is a lightweight console routing framework for PHP. It's easy to get started, requires almost zero configuration, and can run within existing projects without a major rewrite.

Installation:

In composer.json:

"require": {
    "shaggy8871/console": "dev-master"
}

Then run:

composer install

Example console.php file:

<?php
include_once "vendor/autoload.php";

$console = new Console\Runner();

// Add one or more commands here
$console->registerAll([
    'app:command' => [
        'class' => 'Commands\CustomCommand',
        'description' => 'Add your custom command description'
    ]
]);

// Start your engines...
try {
    $console->run();
} catch(Console\Exception\CommandNotFoundException $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage() . "\n--------\n\n" . $console->getHelp();
    die();
}

Example command class:

<?php

namespace Commands;

use Console\CommandInterface;
use Console\Args;

class CustomCommand implements CommandInterface
{

    public function execute(Args $args)
    {

        // Convert short-form to long-form arguments
        $args->setAliases([
            'l' => 'longform'
        ]);

        // Write custom code
        // ... Do something with $args->longform or $args->getAll()

    }

}

Color decorating

To decorate output with colors or styles, use the following method:

<?php

use Console\Decorate;

echo Decorate::color('Hello, world!', 'red bold bg_white');

Color reference

To introduce a 256-color VGA palette, use the handy vgaColor and vgaBackground helpers.

<?php

use Console\Decorate;

echo Decorate::color('Hello, world!', [
    Decorate::vgaBackground(9), 
    Decorate::vgaColor(52)
]);

StdOut

Some console applications need the ability to enable or disable ansi output depending on whether output is rendering to the console or to a log file. The StdOut class allows for switching between the two.

To render one or more decorated strings:

<?php

use Console\StdOut;

StdOut::write([
    ["Hello, world!\n", 'red'],
    ["This is a second line, but in green\n", 'green']
]);

To disable ansi but still output, call disableAnsi() first. All ansi characters will be removed in future output. You can call enableAnsi() to re-enable ansi mode.

<?php

use Console\StdOut;

StdOut::disableAnsi();
StdOut::write([
    ["Hello, world!\n", 'red'],
    ["This is a second line, but in green\n", 'green']
]);