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User input in php command line

January 17th, 2007
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Ever wondered how to capture the user input when writing php command line scripts ?

<?php
 
function getInput($msg){
  fwrite(STDOUT, "$msg: ");
  $varin = trim(fgets(STDIN));
  return $varin;
}
 
?>

The function above is being used by me in certain command line scripts, where I need user responses.

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  1. ryan
    October 29th, 2011 at 00:18 | #1
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    thank you..

  2. jc
    March 4th, 2012 at 08:33 | #2
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    This is the kind of code that SHOULD be on the internet. Short, simple, and sweet. Every time I get code from the internet I have to sort out the overly complicated logic, rewrite it and shorten it. Not this time.

    Thanks!

  3. jijutm
    March 5th, 2012 at 07:26 | #3
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    @jc
    Thanks JC, glad to know that these posts are useful for some one.

  4. karthikeyan
    March 12th, 2012 at 16:30 | #4
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    without using html or xml how to get the inputs from the user

  5. hooga lala
    April 18th, 2012 at 15:11 | #5
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    what crap is this???

  6. jijutm
    April 23rd, 2012 at 23:00 | #6
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    This is command line php script and accepting input from the command line. Not much used, but we are using this kind in real big quantitiy even for administrative tasks, and further. Also we have an ldap suite which provides command line remote administration of the ldap servers, virtual box xml interface for controlling virtual box machines all accessible from very modest desktops which even do not have gui installed. See another command line php in action http://youtu.be/30wohPsWBa4

  7. jijutm
    April 23rd, 2012 at 23:00 | #7
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    Do you think this is crap http://youtu.be/30wohPsWBa4

    This is an application which works directly on the Gnome Terminal, and uses Galileo XML Webservices, totally written in php and run using the php cli interpreter. Though this is not yet production ready, which is not a limitation of PHP, but of me with very poor knowledge in the Focal Point application, tried to simulate as much as I could. The video I agree is of poor presentation as I am very poor at it.

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