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knobik/explorer-prompt

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Install
composer require knobik/explorer-prompt
Latest Version:0.4.1
PHP:^8.1
Laravel:10 · 11 · 12
License:MIT
Last Updated:Oct 1, 2025
Links: GitHub  ·  Packagist
Maintainer: knobik

Laravel Explorer Prompt

Laravel explorer style prompt based on laravel/prompts package. Build CLI table based explorers easily.

Installation

composer require knobik/explorer-prompt

Simple Example usage:

use function Knobik\Prompts\explorer;

$result = explorer(
    items: [
        [1, 'John Doe', 'john.doe@example.com'],
        [2, 'Jane Doe', 'jane.doe@example.com'],
        [3, 'Jan Kowalski', 'kowalski@example.com'],
    ],
    title: 'Hello from a explorer window',
    header: [
        'ID',
        'Name',
        'Email',
    ],
)
    ->prompt();

Filtering

You can filter on your data by pressing forward slash /.

Filtering prompt can be disabled by using disableFiltering method.

You can also create your custom filtering solution by providing an invokable class or function to the setFilterHandler method. Example class:

use Knobik\Prompts\ExplorerPrompt;

class FilterHandler
{
    public function __invoke(ExplorerPrompt $prompt, string $filter): array
    {
        if ($filter === '') {
            return $prompt->items;
        }

        return collect($prompt->items)
            ->filter(function ($item) use ($prompt, $filter) {
                $item = is_array($item) ? $item : [$item];

                foreach (array_values($item) as $index => $column) {
                    if ($prompt->getColumnFilterable($index) && str_contains($column, $filter)) {
                        return true;
                    }
                }

                return false;
            })
            ->toArray();
    }
}

Advanced file explorer example:

use Knobik\Prompts\Key;
use function Knobik\Prompts\explorer;

function getDirectoryFiles(string $path): array
{
    $files = collect(glob("{$path}/*"))
        ->mapWithKeys(function (string $filename) {
            return [
                $filename => [
                    'filename' => basename($filename),
                    'size' => filesize($filename),
                    'permissions' => sprintf('%o', fileperms($filename)),
                ]
            ];
        });

    if ($path !== '/') {
        $files->prepend([
            'filename' => '..',
            'size' => null,
            'permissions' => sprintf('%o', fileperms(dirname($path)))
        ], dirname($path));
    }

    return $files->toArray();
}

$path = '/var/www/html';
while (true) {
    $newPath = explorer(
        items: $this->getDirectoryFiles($path),
        title: $path, //fn(ExplorerPrompt $prompt) => $prompt->highlighted,
        header: [
            'File name',
            'Size in bytes',
            'Permissions'
        ],
    )
        ->setCustomKeyHandler(Key::KEY_ESCAPE, function(ExplorerPrompt $prompt, string $key) { // custom key handler
            $prompt->cancel();
        })
        ->setColumnOptions(
            column: 2,
            width: 20, // number of characters, null to keep it in auto mode
            align: ColumnAlign::RIGHT,
            filterable: false 
        )
        ->prompt();

    if ($newPath === null) {
        continue; // no item selected
    }
    $path = $newPath;

    if (is_file($path)) {
        $this->line(file_get_contents($path));
        return self::SUCCESS;
    }
}

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Version History

Version Released PHP Laravel License
0.4.1 ^8.1 ^10.0|^11.0|^12.0 MIT
0.4.0 ^8.1 ^10.0|^11.0|^12.0 MIT
0.3.10 ^8.1 ^10.0|^11.0 MIT
0.3.9 ^8.1 ^10.0|^11.0 MIT
0.3.8 ^8.1 ^10.0|^11.0 MIT