Parse the PHPUnit watcher with the --testdox parameter and colorize the output

ParseShell.php

<?php

class ParseShell extends AppShell
{

  function main()
  {

    $this->stdout->styles( 'pass',    [ 'text' => 'green' ] );
    $this->stdout->styles( 'fail',    [ 'text' => 'red' ] );
    $this->stdout->styles( 'pending', [ 'text' => 'yellow' ] );


    $watcher = ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS . 'watch.rb';
    $command = "`which observr` {$watcher} 2>&1";

    // pipe handle
    $handle = popen( $command, 'r' );

    // check to see if pipe is open
    $pipe_is_open = !feof( $handle );

    // loop through the pipe contents
    while( $pipe_is_open )
    {
      // get the buffer
      $buffer = fgets( $handle );
      $buffer = str_replace( "\n", '', $buffer );


      // check to see if the buffer is a test
      $line_is_test = strstr( $buffer, '[' ) && strstr( $buffer, ']' );

      if( $line_is_test )
      {
        // create a formatter
        $formatter = ( strstr( $buffer, '[x]' ) ) ? '<pass>%f</pass>' : '<fail>%f</fail>';

        // wrap the text with the tag
        $buffer  = str_replace( '%f', $buffer, $formatter );
      }

      $this->out( $buffer );

    }

    // close the pipe
    pclose( $handle );

  }

}