Here is a simple function you can copy into your php file and it will format whatever section of text you place in it with a certain background and foreground color.
<?php
function colorFormatText($string, $textColor, $bgColor) {
return chr(27)."[".$textColor."m".chr(27)."[".$bgColor."m".$string.chr(27)."[0m";
}
?>
Here is a list of the colors available using this method. There are only 8 colors.
Text Background Color
30 40 Black
31 41 Red
32 42 Green
33 43 Yellow
34 44 Dark Blue
35 45 Pink
36 46 Light Blue
37 47 White