1# PHP-CLI
2
3PHP-CLI is a simple library that helps with creating nice looking command line scripts.
4
5It takes care of
6
7- **option parsing**
8- **help page generation**
9- **automatic width adjustment**
10- **colored output**
11- **optional PSR3 compatibility**
12
13It is lightweight and has **no 3rd party dependencies**. Note: this is for non-interactive scripts only. It has no readline or similar support.
14
15## Installation
16
17Use composer:
18
19```php composer.phar require splitbrain/php-cli```
20
21## Usage and Examples
22
23Minimal example:
24
25```php
26#!/usr/bin/php
27<?php
28require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
29use splitbrain\phpcli\CLI;
30use splitbrain\phpcli\Options;
31
32class Minimal extends CLI
33{
34    // register options and arguments
35    protected function setup(Options $options)
36    {
37        $options->setHelp('A very minimal example that does nothing but print a version');
38        $options->registerOption('version', 'print version', 'v');
39    }
40
41    // implement your code
42    protected function main(Options $options)
43    {
44        if ($options->getOpt('version')) {
45            $this->info('1.0.0');
46        } else {
47            echo $options->help();
48        }
49    }
50}
51// execute it
52$cli = new Minimal();
53$cli->run();
54```
55
56![Screenshot](screenshot.png)
57
58
59The basic usage is simple:
60
61- create a class and ``extend splitbrain\phpcli\CLI``
62- implement the ```setup($options)``` method and register options, arguments, commands and set help texts
63    - ``$options->setHelp()`` adds a general description
64    - ``$options->registerOption()`` adds an option
65    - ``$options->registerArgument()`` adds an argument
66    - ``$options->registerCommand()`` adds a sub command
67- implement the ```main($options)``` method and do your business logic there
68    - ``$options->getOpts`` lets you access set options
69    - ``$options->getArgs()`` returns the remaining arguments after removing the options
70    - ``$options->getCmd()`` returns the sub command the user used
71- instantiate your class and call ```run()``` on it
72
73More examples can be found in the examples directory. Please refer to the [API docs](https://splitbrain.github.io/php-cli/)
74for further info.
75
76## Exceptions
77
78By default, the CLI class registers an exception handler and will print the exception's message to the end user and
79exit the programm with a non-zero exit code. You can disable this behaviour and catch all exceptions yourself by
80passing false to the constructor.
81
82You can use the provided ``splitbrain\phpcli\Exception`` to signal any problems within your main code yourself. The
83exception's code will be used as the exit code then.
84
85Stacktraces will be printed on log level `debug`.
86
87## Colored output
88
89Colored output is handled through the ``Colors`` class. It tries to detect if a color terminal is available and only
90then uses terminal colors. You can always suppress colored output by passing ``--no-colors`` to your scripts.
91Disabling colors will also disable the emoticon prefixes.
92
93Simple colored log messages can be printed by you using the convinence methods ``success()`` (green), ``info()`` (cyan),
94``error()`` (red) or ``fatal()`` (red). The latter will also exit the programm with a non-zero exit code.
95
96For more complex coloring you can access the color class through ``$this->colors`` in your script. The ``wrap()`` method
97is probably what you want to use.
98
99The table formatter allows coloring full columns. To use that mechanism pass an array of colors as third parameter to
100its ``format()`` method. Please note that you can not pass colored texts in the second parameters (text length calculation
101and wrapping will fail, breaking your texts).
102
103## Table Formatter
104
105The ``TableFormatter`` class allows you to align texts in multiple columns. It tries to figure out the available
106terminal width on its own. It can be overwritten by setting a ``COLUMNS`` environment variable.
107
108The formatter is used through the ``format()`` method which expects at least two arrays: The first defines the column
109widths, the second contains the texts to fill into the columns. Between each column a border is printed (a single space
110by default).
111
112See the ``example/table.php`` for sample usage.
113
114Columns width can be given in three forms:
115
116- fixed width in characters by providing an integer (eg. ``15``)
117- precentages by provifing an integer and a percent sign (eg. ``25%``)
118- a single fluid "rest" column marked with an asterisk (eg. ``*``)
119
120When mixing fixed and percentage widths, percentages refer to the remaining space after all fixed columns have been
121assigned.
122
123Space for borders is automatically calculated. It is recommended to always have some relative (percentage) or a fluid
124column to adjust for different terminal widths.
125
126The table formatter is used for the automatic help screen accessible when calling your script with ``-h`` or ``--help``.
127
128## PSR-3 Logging
129
130The CLI class is a fully PSR-3 compatible logger (printing colored log data to STDOUT and STDERR). This is useful when
131you call backend code from your CLI that expects a Logger instance to produce any sensible status output while running.
132
133If you need to pass a class implementing the `Psr\Log\LoggerInterface` you can do so by inheriting from one of the two provided classes implementing this interface instead of `splitbrain\phpcli\CLI`.
134
135  * Use `splitbrain\phpcli\PSR3CLI` if you're using version 2 of PSR3 (PHP < 8.0)
136  * Use `splitbrain\phpcli\PSR3CLIv3` if you're using version 3 of PSR3 (PHP >= 8.0)
137
138The resulting object then can be passed as the logger instance. The difference between the two is in adjusted method signatures (with appropriate type hinting) only. Be sure you have the suggested `psr/log` composer package installed when using these classes.
139
140Note: if your backend code calls for a PSR-3 logger but does not actually type check for the interface (AKA being LoggerAware only) you can also just pass an instance of `splitbrain\phpcli\CLI`.
141
142## Log Levels
143
144You can adjust the verbosity of your CLI tool using the `--loglevel` parameter. Supported loglevels are the PSR-3
145loglevels and our own `success` level:
146
147* debug
148* info
149* notice
150* success (this is not defined in PSR-3)
151* warning
152* error
153* critical
154* alert
155* emergency
156
157![Screenshot](screenshot2.png)
158
159Convenience methods for all log levels are available. Placeholder interpolation as described in PSR-3 is available, too.
160Messages from `warning` level onwards are printed to `STDERR` all below are printed to `STDOUT`.
161
162The default log level of your script can be set by overwriting the `$logdefault` member.
163
164See `example/logging.php` for an example.
165