source: libcaca/trunk/caca-php/examples/figfont.php @ 3133 Tweet

#!/usr/bin/php5
<?php

function unistr_to_ords($str, $encoding = 'UTF-8'){       
        $str = mb_convert_encoding($str, "UCS-4BE", $encoding);
        $result = array();

        for ($i = 0; $i < mb_strlen($str, "UCS-4BE"); $i++){       
                $c = mb_substr($str, $i, 1, "UCS-4BE");                   
                $val = unpack("N", $c);           
                $result[] = $val[1];               
        }       
        return $result;
}


if ($argc < 3) {
        die("Too few arguments.\nUsage: cmd <path of font> <utf8 string>\n");
}

$cv = caca_create_canvas(0, 0);

if (!caca_canvas_set_figfont($cv, $argv[1])) {
        die("Could not open font\n");
}

$chars = unistr_to_ords($argv[2]);
$color = 0;
foreach ($chars as $c) {
        caca_set_color_ansi($cv, 1 + (($color += 4) % 15), CACA_TRANSPARENT);
        caca_put_figchar($cv, $c);
}

echo caca_export_string($cv, "utf8");