PHP CowSay

An extensible PHP port of the Linux Cowsay utility.

Requirements

• PHP 7.2+

Install

$ composer require Gipetto/CowSay

Quickstart

use CowSay\Cow;

$bessie = new Cow('Hello, Farm!');

// store the output in a variable
$output = $bessie->say();
echo $output;

// or just echo the object for direct output
echo $bessie;

Displays:

  ------------
< Hello, Farm! >
  ------------
          \   ^__^
           \  (oo)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
                  ||----w |
                  ||     ||

Run php demo.php to see all the included cows and their traits.

Traits

Cows support a few traits. You can specify the Eyes, Tongue, Udder and, yes, you can specify Poop.

$bessie = new Cow('Hello, Farm!');
$bessie->setEyes('oO')
    ->setTongue('U')
    ->setPoop('@@@')
    ->setUdder('W');
echo $bessie;

Displays:

  ------------
< Hello, Farm! >
  ------------
          \   ^__^
           \  (oO)\_______
              (__)\       )\/\
               U  ||----W |
                  ||     || @@@

Adding new Carcases

CowSay is easily extended to add new carcases for your custom needs. See the Carcasses tutorial for more information.

License

CowSay is licensed under The MIT License (MIT).