Command line progress bar in PHP - php

Question

I am currently trying to add a progress bar to a command line script and I've tried various solutions (including Zend and Console_ProgressBar). The problem they both have in common is that the progress bar doesn't stick at the bottom of the window because during the script, new lines and other information is outputted.
Is there any way to keep the progress bar at the bottom of the terminal but still be able to output other information while the script is running?
[Edit]
I figured it out:
Instead of outputting directly to STDOUT I am actually grabbing the output inside a variable, I erase the screen with echo chr(27) . '[2J' and then output to STDOUT the contents of the variable and then append my progress bar.
Hope that makes sense :)

Answer 1

This is nice progress bar for cli:
http://snipplr.com/view/29548/
<?php
/*
Copyright (c) 2010, dealnews.com, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of dealnews.com, Inc. nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/**
* show a status bar in the console
*
* <code>
* for($x=1;$x<=100;$x++){
*
* show_status($x, 100);
*
* usleep(100000);
*
* }
* </code>
*
* #param int $done how many items are completed
* #param int $total how many items are to be done total
* #param int $size optional size of the status bar
* #return void
*
*/
function show_status($done, $total, $size=30) {
static $start_time;
// if we go over our bound, just ignore it
if($done > $total) return;
if(empty($start_time)) $start_time=time();
$now = time();
$perc=(double)($done/$total);
$bar=floor($perc*$size);
$status_bar="\r[";
$status_bar.=str_repeat("=", $bar);
if($bar<$size){
$status_bar.=">";
$status_bar.=str_repeat(" ", $size-$bar);
} else {
$status_bar.="=";
}
$disp=number_format($perc*100, 0);
$status_bar.="] $disp% $done/$total";
$rate = ($now-$start_time)/$done;
$left = $total - $done;
$eta = round($rate * $left, 2);
$elapsed = $now - $start_time;
$status_bar.= " remaining: ".number_format($eta)." sec. elapsed: ".number_format($elapsed)." sec.";
echo "$status_bar ";
flush();
// when done, send a newline
if($done == $total) {
echo PHP_EOL;
}
}
?>

Answer 2

Other answers seem overly complex. My solution is to simply echo \033[0G escape sequence before the next update and it moves the cursor back to the beginning.
function progressBar($done, $total) {
$perc = floor(($done / $total) * 100);
$left = 100 - $perc;
$write = sprintf("\033[0G\033[2K[%'={$perc}s>%-{$left}s] - $perc%% - $done/$total", "", "");
fwrite(STDERR, $write);
}
Calling the function for the first time outputs the progress bar and each subsequent call overwrites the last line with a new progress bar.
EDIT:
I have changed echoing \r to the escape sequence \033[0G and this should now work on OSX as well as Linux/Unix.
EDIT 2:
Fixed possible error on line 3 as per #tbjers suggestion.
EDIT 3:
Updated with new version that prints to STDERR and now also on GitHub: https://github.com/MacroMan/PHPTerminalProgressBar
EDIT 4:
Now with composer: composer require macroman/terminal-progress-bar
use TerminalProgress\Bar;
$pg = new Bar(1000);
for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
usleep(10000);
$pg->tick();
}

Answer 3

The following is for unix machines.
The goal is to retrieve the current terminal total columns. (using tput)
This is a base, ready to be expanded.
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
#ob_start();
$shell = system("tput cols");
#ob_end_clean();
for( $i= 0 ; $i < $shell ; $i++ ){ echo "█"; usleep(100000); }
The ob actions are here to hide the stdout of tput.
Let's say you would like to make a progress bar matching your task progress.
Just divide the remaining time in seconds by the numbers of columns.
You may end up with microseconds, so it's best to use usleep.
This way the progress bar will always match the user shell width, including when resized.
To do the same thing in pure bash:
for ((i=0; i<$(tput cols); i++)); do echo -e "█\c"; sleep 0.1; done
This shows the main singularity of the php echo: it does not append a new line, while the bash echo does.
When using loops, say to check for a condition in intervals,
one other nice way to warn for running activity is text effects.
The following using strtoupper and the ansi code reverse video.
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
$iloop = "0"; /* Outside the loop */
while (true){
$warn = "Program running hold on!!\r";
if (strlen($warn) === $iloop+1){
$iloop = "0";
}
$warn = str_split($warn);
$iloop++;
$warn[$iloop] = "\033[35;2m\e[0m".strtoupper($warn[$iloop]);
echo " \033[7m".implode($warn);
usleep(90000);
}
Output:
Some may likes the party version, obtained by iteration of ansi codes.
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
$iloop = "0"; /* Outside the loop */
while (true){
for ($i=0;$i<=109;$i++){
$warn = "Program running hold on!!\r";
if (strlen($warn) === $iloop+1){
$iloop = "0";
}
$warn = str_split($warn);
$iloop++;
$warn[$iloop] = "\033[$i;7m".strtoupper($warn[$iloop]);
echo " \033[7m".implode($warn);
usleep(90000);
}}
See more about ANSI codes: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48365998/2494754

Answer 4

This is an improvement of the previous answer which handles terminal resizes and uses 2 lines instead of 1. First line is info like time/percent second line is the progress bar.
<?
/*
Copyright (c) 2010, dealnews.com, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
* Neither the name of dealnews.com, Inc. nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/**
* show a status bar in the console
*
* <code>
* for($x=1;$x<=100;$x++){
*
* show_status($x, 100);
*
* usleep(100000);
*
* }
* </code>
*
* #param int $done how many items are completed
* #param int $total how many items are to be done total
* #param int $size optional size of the status bar
* #return void
*
*/
function show_status($done, $total, $size=30, $lineWidth=-1) {
if($lineWidth <= 0){
$lineWidth = $_ENV['COLUMNS'];
}
static $start_time;
// to take account for [ and ]
$size -= 3;
// if we go over our bound, just ignore it
if($done > $total) return;
if(empty($start_time)) $start_time=time();
$now = time();
$perc=(double)($done/$total);
$bar=floor($perc*$size);
// jump to the begining
echo "\r";
// jump a line up
echo "\x1b[A";
$status_bar="[";
$status_bar.=str_repeat("=", $bar);
if($bar<$size){
$status_bar.=">";
$status_bar.=str_repeat(" ", $size-$bar);
} else {
$status_bar.="=";
}
$disp=number_format($perc*100, 0);
$status_bar.="]";
$details = "$disp% $done/$total";
$rate = ($now-$start_time)/$done;
$left = $total - $done;
$eta = round($rate * $left, 2);
$elapsed = $now - $start_time;
$details .= " " . formatTime($eta)." ". formatTime($elapsed);
$lineWidth--;
if(strlen($details) >= $lineWidth){
$details = substr($details, 0, $lineWidth-1);
}
echo "$details\n$status_bar";
flush();
// when done, send a newline
if($done == $total) {
echo "\n";
}
}
I don't know why the above code has a license I'm just copying it to be safe. The bellow code is under no license. Free to use for any purpose.
function formatTime($sec){
if($sec > 100){
$sec /= 60;
if($sec > 100){
$sec /= 60;
return number_format($sec) . " hr";
}
return number_format($sec) . " min";
}
return number_format($sec) . " sec";
}
class Timer {
public $time;
function __construct(){
$this->start();
}
function start($offset=0){
$this->time = microtime(true) + $offset;
}
function seconds(){
return microtime(true) - $this->time;
}
};
// We need this to limit the frequency of the progress bar. Or else it
// hugely slows down the app.
class FPSLimit {
public $frequency;
public $maxDt;
public $timer;
function __construct($freq){
$this->setFrequency($freq);
$this->timer = new Timer();
$this->timer->start();
}
function setFrequency($freq){
$this->frequency = $freq;
$this->maxDt = 1.0/$freq;
}
function frame(){
$dt = $this->timer->seconds();
if($dt > $this->maxDt){
$this->timer->start($dt - $this->maxDt);
return true;
}
return false;
}
};
class Progress {
// generic progress class to update different things
function update($units, $total){}
}
class SimpleProgress extends Progress {
private $cols;
private $limiter;
private $units;
private $total;
function __construct(){
// change the fps limit as needed
$this->limiter = new FPSLimit(10);
echo "\n";
}
function __destruct(){
$this->draw();
}
function updateSize(){
// get the number of columns
$this->cols = exec("tput cols");
}
function draw(){
$this->updateSize();
show_status($this->units, $this->total, $this->cols, $this->cols);
}
function update($units, $total){
$this->units = $units;
$this->total = $total;
if(!$this->limiter->frame())
return;
$this->draw();
}
}
// example
$tasks = rand() % 700 + 600;
$done = 0;
$progress = new SimpleProgress();
for($done = 0; $done <= $tasks; $done++){
usleep((rand() % 127)*100);
$progress->update($done, $tasks);
}

Answer 5

If you want to use something that can be used in different terminals without having to worry about compatibility, Ncurses is the way to go.
Check: https://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/ncurses/
The ncurses library provides a robust framework which allows programmers to create visually appealing user interfaces in text mode
Main PHP documentation point about this is: https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.ncurses.php

Answer 6

echo "Progress";
$progress = false;
while ($progress==false){
echo ".";
sleep(1);
}
#enter code here
$progress == true;
if($progress == true){
# Do something only when done
# Code here
echo " Done!";
}