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CLI for PHP - A minimal and simple console application library for PHP with zero required dependencies.

Features

• 🚀 Zero dependencies - Only requires PHP 8.2+
• 📦 Minimal API - Simple and intuitive interface
• 🎨 Colored output - Built-in support for colored console output
• 💬 Interactive input - Ask questions, confirmations, and choices
• 🔧 Flexible - Easy to extend and customize

Installation

composer require vaibhavpandeyvpz/clip

Quick Start

<?php

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Clip\Console;
use Clip\Commands\MyCommand;

$app = new Console([
    MyCommand::class,
]);

exit($app->run());

Creating Commands

Create a command by extending the Command class:

<?php

namespace Clip\Commands;

use Clip\Command;
use Clip\Stdio;

class HelloWorld extends Command
{
    public function getName(): string
    {
        return 'hello';
    }

    public function getDescription(): string
    {
        return 'Say hello to the world';
    }

    public function execute(Stdio $stdio): int
    {
        $name = $stdio->getArgument(0, 'World');
        $stdio->writeln("Hello, {$name}!");

        return 0;
    }
}

Run the command:

php console hello
# Output: Hello, World!

php console hello Alice
# Output: Hello, Alice!

Command Line Arguments

Arguments

Arguments are positional values passed to the command:

php console command arg1 arg2 arg3

Access them in your command:

$stdio->getArgument(0);        // 'arg1'
$stdio->getArgument(1);        // 'arg2'
$stdio->getArguments();         // ['arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3']

Options

Options are key-value pairs or flags:

php console command --name=John --verbose --force

Access them in your command:

$stdio->getOption('name');     // 'John'
$stdio->getOption('verbose');  // true
$stdio->hasOption('force');     // true
$stdio->getOptions();           // ['name' => 'John', 'verbose' => true, 'force' => true]

Output Methods

Standard Output

$stdio->write('Message');           // Write without newline
$stdio->writeln('Message');         // Write with newline
$stdio->writeln();                  // Write empty line

Colored Output

$stdio->error('Error message');     // Red
$stdio->warning('Warning message'); // Yellow
$stdio->info('Info message');       // Blue
$stdio->debug('Debug message');     // Standard (no color)
$stdio->verbose('Verbose message'); // Standard (no color)

Colors are automatically disabled when:

• Output is piped to a file
• NO_COLOR environment variable is set
• Terminal doesn't support colors

Interactive Input

Ask for Input

$name = $stdio->ask('What is your name?', 'Guest');
// Prompts: What is your name? [Guest]:
// Returns user input or 'Guest' if empty

Confirmations

if ($stdio->confirm('Do you want to continue?', true)) {
    // User confirmed (default: yes)
}
// Prompts: Do you want to continue? [Y/n]:
// Accepts: y, yes, 1, true (case-insensitive)

Choices

$env = $stdio->choice(
    'Select environment:',
    ['development', 'staging', 'production'],
    'development'
);
// Displays numbered list and returns selected choice

Complete Example

<?php

namespace Clip\Commands;

use Clip\Command;
use Clip\Stdio;

class Migrate extends Command
{
    public function getName(): string
    {
        return 'migrate';
    }

    public function getDescription(): string
    {
        return 'Run database migrations';
    }

    public function execute(Stdio $stdio): int
    {
        $connection = $stdio->getOption('connection', 'default');
        $force = $stdio->hasOption('force');

        if ($force) {
            if (!$stdio->confirm('This will overwrite existing data. Continue?', false)) {
                $stdio->warning('Migration cancelled.');
                return 1;
            }
        }

        $stdio->info("Running migrations with connection: {$connection}");

        // Your migration logic here
        $stdio->writeln('Migrations completed successfully!');

        return 0;
    }
}

Usage:

php console migrate --connection=mysql
php console migrate --connection=mysql --force

Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or higher

License

This project is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Author

Vaibhav Pandey

• Email: contact@vaibhavpandey.com
• GitHub: @vaibhavpandeyvpz