Php/docs/function.readline

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readline

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

readlineReads a line


Description

readline ([ string|null $prompt = NULL ] ) : string|false

Reads a single line from the user. You must add this line to the history yourself using readline_add_history().


Parameters

prompt
You may specify a string with which to prompt the user.


Return Values

Returns a single string from the user. The line returned has the ending newline removed. If there is no more data to read, then FALSE is returned.


Examples

Example #1 readline() Example

<?php//get 3 commands from userfor ($i=0; $i < 3; $i++) {        $line = readline("Command: ");        readline_add_history($line);}//dump historyprint_r(readline_list_history());//dump variablesprint_r(readline_info());?>