Re: Can PHP determine if the STDOUT for a CLI script is being redirected?
| From: | Keisial | Date: | Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:15:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Can PHP determine if the STDOUT for a CLI script is being redirected? | ||
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Richard Quadling wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Is there a simple way for a CLI based PHP script to determine if its
> output is being redirected to a file or piped through a filter (find,
> sort, etc.)
>
> I'm using ANSI escape sequences to colour the output (all working very
> nicely), but I want to suppress the codes if the output is being
> filtered or redirected to a file.
>
> I've been told about the posix_isatty() function, but as Windows is
> not POSIX, I'm looking for a windows mechanism.
>
> I've tried stream_get_meta_data(STDOUT), but it doesn't provide
> anything different when used with > or with |.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Quadling.
>
Windows does have isatty() function. Perhaps the functions of the posix
extension which
make sense should be ported.