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Vendor initphp
Package console
Short Description A simple helper library for writing console/CLI applications in PHP, including a styleable ANSI table renderer (formerly initphp/cli-table).
License MIT
Homepage https://github.com/InitPHP/Console

Keywords cli console command command-line terminal table ansi initphp

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InitPHP Console

A small, dependency-free helper library for writing console / CLI applications in PHP — command routing, typed arguments, coloured output, interactive questions and a styleable ANSI table renderer.

Starting with 2.1 this package also ships the ANSI table renderer that used to be distributed as the separate initphp/cli-table package (now deprecated). See Migrating from initphp/cli-table.

Features

Command routing — register commands as closures or as classes extending Command.
Grouped help — automatic help / list overview and per-command --help usage.
Typed arguments — declare --name arguments with a type (INT, FLOAT, BOOL, …), a default and an optional/required flag; values are validated automatically.
Input parsing — long arguments (--name=value), short options (-v, -abc, -k=value) and bare positional segments, with automatic scalar type casting.
Coloured output — 16/256-colour SGR helpers, message styles (error, success, warning, info), key/value lists and a progress bar.
Interactive prompts — free-form ask() and option-constrained question().
Table rendering — a styleable, multibyte-aware ASCII/ANSI table.
Testable I/O — output and input streams are injectable, so commands can be unit tested without touching STDOUT/STDIN.

Requirements

PHP 7.2 or higher
ext-mbstring (optional) — improves table alignment for multibyte (UTF-8) values

Installation

Quick start

Create an entry script (e.g. console.php):

Run it:

Terminology

This library distinguishes three kinds of tokens that follow the command name:

Token	Shape	Accessor
Argument	`--name`, `--name=value`	`getArgument()`
Option	`-v`, `-abc`, `-key=value`	`getOption()`
Segment	bare value, e.g. `migrate`	`getSegment()`

Note: here --long tokens are called arguments and -short tokens are called options. This is the opposite of some other frameworks — keep it in mind when porting code.

All scalar values are cast automatically: "true"/"false"/"yes"/"no" → bool, "null" → null, integer/decimal strings → int/float.

Class-based commands

For anything beyond a one-liner, extend Command:

Declared arguments() are validated before execute() runs: missing required arguments or values that do not match the declared type abort the command with an error.

Output

Interactive prompts

Typing exit or quit at any prompt terminates the application.

Rendering tables

Non-string cell values are stringified ([NULL], [TRUE], [FALSE], [ARRAY], [CALLABLE], [RESOURCE], or the class name for objects), columns are auto-sized, and mb_strlen() is used when available so multibyte values align correctly.

Documentation

In-depth, example-driven guides live in docs/:

Getting started
Commands
Input: arguments, options & segments
Typed input arguments
Output & formatting
Interactive questions
Tables
Migrating from initphp/cli-table

Migrating from `initphp/cli-table`

The standalone initphp/cli-table package has been merged into this one as of 2.1 and is now deprecated.

If your code uses \InitPHP\CLITable\Table, no source changes are required — this package ships a class_alias keeping the old fully-qualified name working. Just switch the dependency:

(initphp/console declares a Composer replace for initphp/cli-table, so the two will never be installed side by side.) When you next touch the code, prefer the canonical namespace:

The alias is a transition aid and may be removed in a future major release. See the migration guide for details.

Testing & quality

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please run composer qa before opening a pull request. See the organisation contributing guidelines.

Credits

Muhammet ŞAFAK

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Version 2.1.1 Release 29. May 2026
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