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PHP library to create command line utilities.

Example

In cli.php:

<?php

class HelloCommand extends ConsoleKit\Command {
  function execute(array $args, array $options = []) {
    $this->writeln('hello world!', ConsoleKit\Colors::GREEN);
  }
}

$console = new ConsoleKit\Console();
$console->addCommand('HelloCommand');
$console->run();

In the shell:

php cli.php hello

hello world!

More examples in example.php

Installation

The easiest way to install ConsoleKit is using Composer with the following requirement:

composer require faslatam/consolekit

Alternatively, you can download the archive and add the src/ folder to PHP's include path:

set_include_path('/path/to/src' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());

Usage

Options parser

The default options parser parses an argv-like array. Items can be of the form:

• --key=value
• --key
• -a
• -ab (equivalent of -a -b)

When an option has no value, true will be used. If multiple key/value pairs with the same key are specified, the "key" value will be an array containing all the values.
If "--" is detected, all folowing values will be treated as a single argument

Example: the string "-a -bc --longopt --key=value arg1 arg2 -- --any text" will produce the following two arrays:

$args = ['arg1', 'arg2', '--any text'];
$options = [
  'a' => true,
  'b' => true,
  'c' => true,
  'longopt' => true,
  'key' => 'value'
];

Creating commands

Any callbacks can be a command. It will receive three parameters: the arguments array, the options array and the console object.

function my_command($args, $opts, $console) {
  $console->writeln("hello world!");
}

Commands can also be defined as classes. In this case, they must inherit from ConsoleKit\Command and override the execute() method.

class MyCommand extends ConsoleKit\Command {
  function execute(array $args, array $opts) {
      $this->writeln("hello world!");
  }
}

The ConsoleKit\Command class offers helper methods, check it out for more info.

Registering commands

Commands need to be registered in the console object using the addCommand() method (or addCommands()).

$console = new ConsoleKit\Console();
$console->addCommand('my_command'); // the my_command function
$console->addCommand('MyCommand'); // the MyCommand class
$console->addCommand(function() { echo 'hello!'; }, 'hello'); // using a closure
// or:
$console->addCommand('hello', function() { echo 'hello!'; }); // alternative when using a closure

Notice that in the last example we have provided a second argument which is an alias for a command. As closures have no name, one must be specified.

The command name for functions is the same as the function name with underscores replaced by dashes (ie. my_command becomes my-command).

The command name for command classes is the short class name without the Command suffix and "dashized" (ie. HelloWorldCommand becomes hello-world).

Running

Simply call the run() method of the console object

$console->run();
$console->run(array('custom arg1', 'custom arg2')); // overrides $_SERVER['argv']

Automatic help generation

The help command is automatically registered and provides help about available methods based on doc comments.
Check out example.php for example of available tags

php myscript.php help

Formating text

Colors

The ConsoleKit\Colors::colorize() method provides an easy way to colorize a text. Colors are defined as either a string or an integer (through constants of the Colors class).
Available colors: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white.

Foreground colors are also available in a "bold" variant. Suffix the color name with "+bold" or use the OR bit operator with constants.

echo Colors::colorize('my red text', Colors::RED);
echo Colors::colorize('my red text', 'red');

echo Colors::colorize('my red bold text', Colors::RED | Colors::BOLD);
echo Colors::colorize('my red bold text', 'red+bold');

echo Colors::colorize('my red text over yellow background', Colors::RED, Colors::YELLOW);

TextFormater

The ConsoleKit\TextFormater class allows you to format text using the following options:

• indentation using setIndent() or the indent option
• quoting using setQuote() or the quote option
• foreground color using setFgColor() or the fgcolor option
• background color using setBgColor() or the bgcolor option

Options can be defined using setOptions() or as the first parameter of the constructor.

$formater = new ConsoleKit\TextFormater(array('quote' => ' > '));
echo $formater->format("hello!");
// produces: " > hello"

Widgets

Dialog

Used to interact with the user

$dialog = new ConsoleKit\Widgets\Dialog($console);
$name = $dialog->ask('What is your name?');

if ($dialog->confirm('Are you sure?')) {
  $console->writeln("hello $name");
}

Box

Wraps text in a box

$box = new ConsoleKit\Widgets\Box($console, 'my text');
$box->write();

Produces:

********************************************
*                 my text                  *
********************************************

Progress bar

Displays a progress bar

$total = 100;
$progress = new ConsoleKit\Widgets\ProgressBar($console, $total);

for ($i = 0; $i < $total; $i++) {
  $progress->incr();
  usleep(10000);
}

$progress->stop();