Execute a colorized command from a php script

Question

I have a command, for example \'git diff\' that output a colorized result when I run it from the terminal.

Now, I want to call that command from a CLI php script and

Answer 1

In all likelihood the command you are running is checking to see if output is to a terminal and not colorizing it if it isn't. There is usually a way to force it, but that's going to be specific to the command itself; in the case of git diff, you can specify --color=always.