A PHP library for colorful bash output.

bashful.php

<?php

/**
 * bashful.php
 *
 * Colors output to bash console
 * @author Jonas Skovmand <[email protected]>
 * @version 1.0
 * @package default
 */

/**
 * Bashful class
 * @package default
 */
class Bashful {
  
  const   end = "m",
          esc = "\033";
  
  /**
   * Effect modifiers
   * 
   * @var array
   */
  
  private static $g = array (
    'reset'     =>  0,
    'bold'      =>  1,
    'faint'     =>  2,
    'italic'    =>  3,
    'underline' =>  4,
    'blink'     =>  5
  );
  
  /**
   * Foreground colors
   * 
   * @var array
   */
  
  private static $c = array (
    'black'     =>  30,
    'red'       =>  31,
    'green'     =>  32,
    'yellow'    =>  33,
    'blue'      =>  34,
    'magenta'   =>  35,
    'cyan'      =>  36,
    'white'     =>  37
  );
  
  /**
   * Background colors
   * 
   * @var array
   */
  
  private static $b = array (
    'black'     =>  40,
    'red'       =>  41,
    'green'     =>  42,
    'yellow'    =>  43,
    'blue'      =>  44,
    'magenta'   =>  45,
    'cyan'      =>  46,
    'white'     =>  47
  );
  
  /**
   * Internal function to format string
   *
   * @return string
   */
  
  private static function attr ( $attr )  { return self::esc . '[' . $attr . self::end; }
  
  /**
   * Returns a string
   *
   * @param $attr string modifier
   * @param $text string foreground color
   * @param $gb string background color
   * @return string
   */
  
  public static function c ( $attr = false, $text = false, $bg = false )
  {
                                      $r = '';
    if ( $attr )                      $r .= self::$g[$attr];
    if ( $text && !$attr )            $r .= self::$c[$text];
    if ( $text && $attr )             $r .= ';' . self::$c[$text];
    if ( $bg && !$attr && !$text )    $r .= self::$b[$bg];
    if ( $bg && ($attr || $text ) )   $r .= ';' . self::$b[$bg];
    
    return self::attr($r);
  }
  
  // c(olor) aliases
  public static function color ($a,$t,$b)   { return self::c($a,$t,$b); }
  public static function colour ($a,$t,$b)  { return self::c($a,$t,$b); }
  
  // HELPERS BELOW
  
  // colours
  public static function black()      { return self::c(false,'black'); }
  public static function red()        { return self::c(false,'red'); }
  public static function green()      { return self::c(false,'green'); }
  public static function yellow()     { return self::c(false,'yellow'); }
  public static function blue()       { return self::c(false,'blue'); }
  public static function magenta()    { return self::c(false,'magenta'); }
  public static function cyan()       { return self::c(false,'cyan'); }
  public static function white()      { return self::c(false,'white'); }
  
  public static function _black()     { return self::r(); }
  public static function _red()       { return self::r(); }
  public static function _green()     { return self::r(); }
  public static function _yellow()    { return self::r(); }
  public static function _blue()      { return self::r(); }
  public static function _magenta()   { return self::r(); }
  public static function _cyan()      { return self::r(); }
  public static function _white()     { return self::r(); }
                                            
  public static function unblack()    { return self::_black(); }
  public static function unred()      { return self::_red(); }
  public static function ungreen()    { return self::_green(); }
  public static function unyellow()   { return self::_yellow(); }
  public static function unblue()     { return self::_blue(); }
  public static function unmagenta()  { return self::_magenta(); }
  public static function uncyan()     { return self::_cyan(); }
  public static function unwhite()    { return self::_white(); } 
  
  
  // bold
  public static function bold()       { return self::c('bold'); }
  public static function b()          { return self::bold(); }
  public static function strong()     { return self::bold(); }
  
  // unbold
  public static function _bold()      { return self::r(); }
  public static function _b()         { return self::_bold(); }
  public static function unbold()     { return self::_bold(); }
  public static function _strong()    { return self::_bold(); }
  
  // underline
  public static function u()          { return self::c('underline'); }
  
  // ununderline
  public static function _u()         { return self::r(); }
  
  // blink
  public static function blink()      { return self::c('blink'); }
  
  // unblink
  public static function _blink()     { return self::r(); }
  
  // reset
  public static function reset()      { return self::c('reset'); }
  public static function r()          { return self::reset(); }
  
}

Example usage

A simple drawing lots command line script I made, somewhat simplified, that uses the wonderful Bashful.

<?php

include 'bashful.php';

$prizes = array (
    'lt blue',
    'khaki',
    'black',
    'blue'
);

$names = array (
    'You',
    'Me',
    'Everyone',
    'Slim thug'
);

$winners = count ( $prizes );

define ( 'TAB', "\t" );

echo PHP_EOL . 'Drawing ' . $winners . ' winners...' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;

for ( $i=0; $i<$winners; $i++ )
{

    sleep ( 2 );
    shuffle ( $names );
    echo Bashful::b() . 'WINNER  ' . ($i+1) . Bashful::_b() . ' of ' . Bashful::u() . $prizes[$i] . Bashful::_u() . ' is... '  . TAB .  Bashful::blink() . Bashful::blue() . array_shift ( $names ) . Bashful::_blue() . Bashful::_blink() . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;

}