Can PHP determine if the STDOUT for a CLI script is being redirected?

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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.

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