3 Methods to Disable ANSI Color Escape Codes for Commands in Symfony 7

By default, Symfony commands uses ANSI escape codes for adding colors to their output. Most people like this feature, but some people prefer to disable it.

This tutorial provides 3 methods how to disable ANSI color escape codes for commands in Symfony 7.

Method 1 - no-ansi option

To disable ANSI color escape codes, we can add the --no-ansi option when executing a command.

php bin/console --no-ansi

Method 2 - NO_COLOR in .env file

Define NO_COLOR environment variable in .env file.

.env

NO_COLOR=1

Now, ANSI color escape codes are disabled by default. You can run the command without any additional options.

php bin/console

Method 3 (Linux) - NO_COLOR before command

Define NO_COLOR environment variable when running a command.

NO_COLOR=1 php bin/console