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sapi_windows_vt100_support

(PHP 7 >= 7.2.0)

sapi_windows_vt100_supportGet or set VT100 support for the specified stream associated to an output buffer of a Windows console.

Description

bool sapi_windows_vt100_support ( resource $stream [, bool $enable ] )

If enable is omitted, the function return TRUE if the stream stream has VT100 control codes enabled, FALSE otherwise.

If enable is specified, the function will try to enable or disable the VT100 features of the stream stream. If the feature has been successfully enabled (or disabled), the function will return TRUE, or FALSE otherwise.

At startup, PHP tries to enable the VT100 feature of the STDOUT/STDERR streams. By the way, if those streams are redirected to a file, the VT100 features may not be enabled.

Warning

The function uses the ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING flag implemented in the Windows 10 API, so the VT100 feature may not be available on older Windows versions.

Parameters

stream

The stream on which the function will operate.

enable

If specified, the VT100 feature will be enabled (if TRUE) or disabled (if FALSE).

Return Values

If enable is not specified: returns TRUE if the VT100 feature is enabled, FALSE otherwise.

If enable is specified: Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 sapi_windows_vt100_support() default state

By default, STDOUT and STDERR have the VT100 feature enabled.

php -r "var_export(sapi_windows_vt100_support(STDOUT));echo ' ';var_export(sapi_windows_vt100_support(STDERR));"

The above example will output something similar to:


true true

By the way, if a stream is redirected, the VT100 feature will not be enabled:

php -r "var_export(sapi_windows_vt100_support(STDOUT));echo ' ';var_export(sapi_windows_vt100_support(STDERR));" 2>NUL

The above example will output something similar to:


true false

Example #2 sapi_windows_vt100_support() changing state

You won't be able to enable the VT100 feature of STDOUT or STDERR if the stream is redirected.

php -r "var_export(sapi_windows_vt100_support(STDOUT, true));echo ' ';var_export(sapi_windows_vt100_support(STDERR, true));" 2>NUL

The above example will output something similar to:


true false

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