What are some alternative methods for achieving color output in a command line interface when using PHP?

When using a command line interface in PHP, the standard output is typically displayed in black and white. However, you can achieve color output by using ANSI escape codes. These codes allow you to change the text color, background color, and text formatting in the command line. 

// Function to output colored text in the command line
function colorize($text, $color) {
    $colors = [
        'black' => '0;30',
        'red' => '0;31',
        'green' => '0;32',
        'yellow' => '0;33',
        'blue' => '0;34',
        'purple' => '0;35',
        'cyan' => '0;36',
        'white' => '0;37'
    ];

    return "\033[" . $colors[$color] . "m" . $text . "\033[0m";
}

// Example usage
echo colorize("This text is red", 'red');

Keywords

ANSI escape codes PHP CLI color Symfony Console component colorama terminal styling

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