Send messages to logged in terminal user from your laravel application

terminal-logger.php

<?php

if(! function_exists('tlog')) {
    function tlog($logged, $message = '', $user = 'vagrant')
    {
        // Only available in test environments
        if (app()->environment() === 'production') {
            return;
        }

        $log = 'echo "\n';
        if($message !== '') {
            $log .= 'Message: ' . (string) $message . '\n\n';
        }
        $log .= 'Start------------------------------ \n\n';

        if(is_string($logged) || is_int($logged)) {
            $log .= (string) $logged;
        }
        else if(is_array($logged)) {
            $log .= print_r($logged, true);
        }
        else if(is_object($logged)) {
            if(method_exists($logged, 'toArray')) {
                $log .= print_r($logged->toArray(), true);
            }
            else {
                try {
                    // Use var export to catch bad objects
                    $log .= var_export($logged, true);
                }
                catch(Exception $e) {
                    $log .= $e->getMessage();
                }
            }
        }

        $log .= '\n\nEnd------------------------------ \n';
        $log .= '" | write '. tlog_find_user($user);

        exec($log);
    }
}

if(! function_exists('tlog_find_user')) {
    function tlog_find_user($user)
    {
        $exec = shell_exec('who -us');
        $array = explode(' ', $exec);
        $array = array_filter($array);
        $array = array_chunk ($array , 6);
        $users = [];

        foreach($array as $item) {
            if(count($item) >= 2 && !isset($users[$item[0]])) {
                $users[$item[0]] = $item[0].' '.$item[1];
            }
        }

        if(isset($users[$user])) {
            return $users[$user];
        }

        return false;
    }
}

You can send colors through if you send the output via > /dev/ttysXXX.

Example

echo "\e[31mAlert\e[0m" > /dev/ttys000 sends a message of "Alert" colored in red text.