Req #72896 [NEW]: Add a way if output is redirected

From: mlocati at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Output Control Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add a way if output is redirected Description: ------------ Strictly related to https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72768 If we enable color support for Windows, scripts may want to know if the output is redirected to file. For instance, we may print colored text if the standard output is not redirected to file, but we may want to avoid ANSI control sequences if the output is redirected to a file. I wrote a sample C program that does this check: https://gist.github.com/mlocati/21a9233ac83f7d3d7837535bc109b3b7 For posix systems it's already possible by using the posix_isatty PHP function (see what's doing Symfony for instance: https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/2909e4b04d04653286b8d63b19e11a40157497b5/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Output/StreamOutput.php#L101 ) Test script: --------------- <?php if (SomeWayToDetermineIfStdoutIsRedirectedToFile) { echo "Plain text"; } else { echo \033[101;93m Colored text \033[0m\n" } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72896&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72896&r=mysqlcfg