Req #72896 [Opn]: Add a way to determine if output is redirected

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72896&edit=1 ID: 72896 User updated by: mlocati at gmail dot com Reported by: mlocati at gmail dot com -Summary: Add a way if output is redirected +Summary: Add a way to determine if output is redirected Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Output Control Operating System: Windows PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: (Fixed the title of this bug report) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-08-19 08:26:07] mlocati at gmail dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72896&edit=1