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readline

(PHP 4 >= 4.0b4)

readline -- Reads a line

Description

string readline ([string prompt])

This function returns a single string from the user. You may specify a string with which to prompt the user. The line returned has the ending newline removed. You must add this line to the history yourself using readline_add_history().

Example 1. Readline()


//get 3 commands from user for ($i=0; $i < 3; $i++) {         $line = readline ("Command: ");         readline_add_history ($line); }  //dump history print_r (readline_list_history());  //dump variables print_r (readline_info());      
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