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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Disable interactive mode (-a) if readline not available
From: me@kelunik.com (Niklas Keller)

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Hey all,

please remember that you can also use php -r to quickly evaluate
expressions, e.g. generating a random password:

php -r 'var_dump(bin2hex(random_bytes(16)));'

I'm in favor of removal without readline.

Best,
Niklas

Rowan Tommins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 12. Mai 2021, 22:46:

> On 12/05/2021 17:21, Levi Morrison via internals wrote:
> >      The interactive shell requires libedit or readline support, which
> > this build does not have.
> >      Run php without -a to get an interactive mode instead.
>
>
> Unless I'm missing something, the default CLI mode (php without -a) is
> "interactive PHP" only if you consider "cat > foo.txt" to be an
> "interactive editor". You can type a complete script (remembering to
> start with "<?php"), hit Ctrl-D (if you happen to know that that means
> "end of file") and it will execute it, then exit.
>
> I too have been stung by accidentally triggering this mode without
> readline enabled, and would be happy to see Nikita's patch merged.
>
> Regards,
>
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> Rowan Tommins
> [IMSoP]
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