Php/docs/function.readline
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readline
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
readline — Reads 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());?>