katsuo-ryuu/kryuu-cool-console

An extension of the console modules in ZF2, this handles boxes grid views and more.

About Cool Console

This is a module that helps building a more nice interface when the ZF2 application is running in console view. At this stage it's still in the beta stage and need a lot of improvements, like more advanced selectors lists and more., _(*1)

Installation

Main Setup

With composer

1. Add this project and KryuuCoolConsole in your composer.json:, _(*2)

   "require": {
       "katsuo-ryuu/kryuu-cool-console": "dev-master"
   }
   

2. Now tell composer to download KryuuCoolConsole by running the command:, _(*3)

   $ php composer.phar update
   

Creating a simple view

NOTICE The system currently only have one view type "grid", _(*4)

<?php

    // Create a new view
    $view = new Grid();

    // Create a nice box with a padding of 1 and a margin of 1
    // and make it with double borders
    $box = new Box(1,1, Border::BORDER_DOUBLE);

    // Setting the background color  of the box
    $box->setBgColor(Color::BC_MARINE);

    // Create a selection list
    $choiseList = new ChoiceList();
    // Setting the items in the selection list
    $choiseList->setItems(['item 1', 'item 2', 'item 3']);
    // Adding a nice headline to the list
    $choiseList->setHeadline('Please select an item');

    // Add the choice list to the box container
    $box->addChild($choiseList);
    // Add the box to the grid view
    $view->addChild($box);
    // show the actual view in the terminal
    $view->show();