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* <code>[https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.cli-get-process-title.php cli_get_process_title()]</code> | * <code>[https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.cli-get-process-title.php cli_get_process_title()]</code> | ||
* <code>[https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.cli-set-process-title.php cli_set_process_title()]</code> | * <code>[https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.cli-set-process-title.php cli_set_process_title()]</code> | ||
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+ | See also {{l/same|file/glob}} for interfacing with the CLI environment's file-[[globbing]] services | ||
==Interactivity== | ==Interactivity== | ||
* [https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.readline.php GNU Readline] manages editable input lines | * [https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.readline.php GNU Readline] manages editable input lines |
Revision as of 14:14, 24 August 2022
Although PHP is most commonly used to write web applications, it can also be used for scripts that run from a command line interface (CLI). The CLI environment is a little different than the web environment, and PHP's current documentation doesn't make it easy to locate the relevant pieces.
Arguments
Predefined variables:
$argc
contains the number of arguments passed to the current script$argv[]
contains an array of all the arguments passed to the script$argv[0]
is always the name that was used to run the script.
Other:
getopt()
parses individual arguments in a standard way- Note that this ignores any options listed after non-options.
cli_get_process_title()
cli_set_process_title()
See also file/glob for interfacing with the CLI environment's file-globbing services
Interactivity
- GNU Readline manages editable input lines
fgetc()
reads a single character, but waits for a CRLF- See the comments for ways to wait for the user to actually just press a single character.
- ncurses: PECL package last updated in 2012