How to echo to console in Laravel and Artisan?

Question

I was curious, I\'m using Laravel and Artisan for my migrations. Is there a method to output information to the console? I can\'t seem to find any information on this. For examp

Answer 1

Talking about Laravel 5 (you can check the version you have with php artisan --version), the Migration base-class has no printing method.

A simple echo will do the work, However, if you want, you can extend it and add this functionality:

abstract class MyMigration extends Migration
{
    // colors for console echo
    protected const COLOR_RED = 'COLOR_RED';
    protected const COLOR_GREEN = 'COLOR_GREEN';
    protected const COLOR_YELLOW = 'COLOR_YELLOW';

    protected function logMessage($str, String $color = null)
    {
        switch ($color) {
            case self::COLOR_RED:
                $str = "\033[01;31m$str\033[0m";
                break;
            case self::COLOR_GREEN:
                $str = "\033[01;32m$str\033[0m";
                break;
            case self::COLOR_YELLOW:
                $str = "\033[01;33m$str\033[0m";
            break;

            echo $str . PHP_EOL;
        }
    }
}

and then simply call it with your message:

$this->logMessage("Your message", self::COLOR_RED );