Php artisan displaying strange characters on windows command prompt

Question

Please can anyone help me with this error I'm getting on command prompt for windows 10. Whenever I try to utilize the php artisan feature in Laravel 5.2 I get this error. I've tried running "system file checker command: sfc /scannow" but the error still persists.

Answer 1

These are color codes. Use another terminal app if it annoys you. I'd recommend to install Git for Windows which will install pretty cool mintty terminal app.

Answer 2

That's not an error. Those are color codes, which the Windows terminal apparently doesn't support.

^{There's an uncited note on the Wikipedia article that Windows 10 TH2 patch version does. YMMV.}

Here's what they look like in a terminal that supports them:

Answer 3

Windows PowerShell works perfectly with color codes and other ANSI codes. Even if I find it somehow less "responsive" than the old command prompt.