readline
    (PHP 4 , PHP 5)
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() | 
<?php//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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