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a minimalistic PHP framework for rapid Command Line Interface tools development.

Installation

Tooler can be installed using Composer:

composer create-project kovsky0/tooler-framework -s dev

The idea

The main idea behind this project was to create a minimalistic framework for rapid CLI tools development. It gives you a simple directory structure and access to basic helpers for: parsing the input, formatting the output, and prompting user for additional input.

Quick Start (in three simple steps)

Step 1: Build a new command

After creating the project you can build your commands through 'tooler build' command:

php tooler build two-plus-two

It will automatically create the following files:

./two-plus-two which you can use to run your command with 'php two-plus-two'
./Commands/TwoPlusTwo/TwoPlusTwoCommand.php which you can use to specify what your command should do

!!! Imporant: for the consistant composition, please use a dash ("-") to seperate the words.

Step 2: Define what the command should do

Add your logic to the 'execute' method in the following file:

./Commands/TwoPlusTwo/TwoPlusTwoCommand.php

For example:

<?php
namespace ToolerFramework\Commands\TwoPlusTwo;

use ToolerFramework\Commands\StandardCommand;

class TwoPlusTwoCommand extends StandardCommand
{
   public function execute()
   {
       echo 2+2;
   }
}

Step 3: Run your command

Run you command by typing:

php two-plus-two

Basic usage

Available commands

You can see tooler's available commands by typing:

php tooler help

There are following commands available:

php tooler build <new-command-name>

Builds new command.

php tooler rename <old-command-name> <new-command-name>

Renames the command.

php tooler remove <command-name>

Removes the command and all files associated with it.

Available helpers

There are 3 helpers available to you (if your command extends "StandardCommand", which is true by default).

$this->input

You can use it in your code by referencing $this->input.

$this->input->command - the name of the command that was called
$this->input->flags - all the -short and --long flags that have been used
$this->input->arguments - all the other arguments that have been used

$this->output

You can use it in your code by referencing $this->output.

$this->output->write("exemplary text", "white", "red") - outputs given text to the console, first color is a color of the fotn, second color is the color of the background.
$this->output->writeln("exemplary text", "white", "red") - outputs given text to the console with a newline character at the end.
$this->output->wirteln(array("line 1", "line 2", "third line"), "white", "red") - outputs each elements of the array in a new line
$this->output->message("Title: ", "A long text body of the message") - outputs multiline message, where the text is justified next to the provided title. See an example below: TITLE: TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT
$this->output->warning("This is a custom warning") - outputs a message with "WARNING: " as a title, red background, and white font color.
$this->output->info("This is a custom info") - outputs a message with "INFO: " as a title, blue background, and white font color.
$this->output->success("This is a custom success message") - outputs a message with "SUCCESS: " as a title, green background, and white font color.

Available font colors:

'black'
'dark_grey'
'blue'
'light_blue'
'green'
'light_green'
'cyan'
'light_cyan'
'red'
'light_red'
'purple'
'light_purple'
'brown'
'yellow'
'light_gray'
'white'

Available background colors:

'black'
'red'
'green'
'yellow'
'blue'
'magenta'
'cyan'
'light_gray'

$this->prompt

You can use it in your code by referencing $this->prompt.

$this->prompt->prompt("What is your favourite color?") - prompts custom text
$this->prompt->confirm("Are you sure you want to continue? [y/n]") - prompts a yes or no question
$this->prompt->multipleChoice(array("blue", "yellow", "green", "red")) - prompts a multiple choice question, by default - only one option can be chosen
$this->prompt->multipleChoice(array("blue", "yellow", "green", "red"), null, true) - prompts a multiple choice question, where user can choose more than one option
$this->prompt->getResponse() - returns the user's input
$this->prompt->getConfirmationResponse() - returns true for anything starting with 'y' or 'Y' and false for everything else
$this->prompr->getMultipleChoiceResponse() - returns user's choices for multiple choice question

To-do

add unit tests
refactor CommandsFileManager.php
add interfaces to the helpers
add tables formatter to the Output.php helper

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