Console color

consolecolor.php

<?php

// new lines
// echo "\033[{$line};{$column}H";
// \r - goto start of line

$foregroundColors = array(
    'white'        => '1;37',
    'black'        => '0;30',
    'dark_gray'    => '1;30',
    'light_gray'   => '0;37',
    'blue'         => '0;34',
    'light_blue'   => '1;34',
    'green'        => '0;32',
    'light_green'  => '1;32',
    'cyan'         => '0;36',
    'light_cyan'   => '1;36',
    'red'          => '0;31',
    'light_red'    => '1;31',
    'purple'       => '0;35',
    'light_purple' => '1;35',
    'brown'        => '0;33',
    'yellow'	   => '1;33',
);

$backgroundColors = array(
    'black'        => '40',
    'red'          => '41',
    'green'        => '42',
    'yellow'       => '43',
    'blue'         => '44',
    'magenta'      => '45',
    'cyan'         => '46',
    'light_gray'   => '47',
);

echo "\033[" . $foregroundColors['black'] . 'm' . // foreground
    "\033[" . $backgroundColors['green'] . 'm' .  // background
    'Hello world' . // message
    "\033[0m"; // stop bytes

/*
Red: "\033[0;31mHELLOWORLD\033[0m"
Green: "\033[0;32mHELLOWORLD\033[0m"
*/

http://habrahabr.ru/post/45041/