Output of PHP-CLI script in Bash are not colorized

Question

I have a following code in script.php:

<?php
echo "\e[0;36m Be happy ;)\e[0m";
?>

It is run like this:

~$ php script.php

On my linux mint desktop the output is colorized but on the remote server machine it is not, but when I use bash there:

~$ echo -e "\e[0;36m Be happy ;)\e[0m";

I have colorized output... I have no idea what could be wrong.

Please help.

I need echo "\033[0;36m Be happy ;)\033[0m"; here, for some reason \e will not work, unless I pipe it trough echo -e. I'm sure it's a configuration somewhere... — Wrikken
– Wrikken, Commented May 15, 2013 at 17:24

Wrikken · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-15 17:26:34Z

2

\e escape (ESC or 0x1B (27) in ASCII) (since PHP 5.4.0)

< php 5.4.0. use "\033" instead of "\e"

answered May 15, 2013 at 17:26

Wrikken

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