termbox-php is a termbox wrapper for PHP. Termbox is a robust, minimal alternative to ncurses. See https://github.com/nsf/termbox
To install:
$ # Follow installation instructions for termbox
$
$ # Clone repo
$ git clone https://github.com/adsr/termbox-php.git
$ cd termbox-php
$
$ # Build extension
$ phpize && ./configure && make
$
$ # Run keyboard demo
$ php -denable_dl=on -dextension=`pwd`/modules/termbox.so examples/termbox.php
$
$ # Optionally install
$ sudo make install
Screenshot of termbox-php in action:
