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. -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php