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Subject: getpass() wrapper
From: daniel@rozsnyo.com (Daniel Rozsnyo)

Hello,

   I am working on a command line client (written in php, run by 
php-cli) and I'd like to use a password entry as in mysql client - with 
no echoing etc. I've found the function which I need:

       #include <unistd.h>
       char *getpass( const char * prompt );

But in man getpass it is marked as "This function is obsolete. Do not 
use it.". More from the manpage: "Present in SUSv2, but marked LEGACY. 
Removed in POSIX.1-2001."

   Can this function be somehow included in next release of PHP, at 
least in coditional way so I can check its availability with 
function_exists? (a). Or I should patch my instance of PHP (b) or stick 
forever to a small binary written in C which then I call with backtick 
operator (c).

   What you recommend, developers of PHP ?

regards,

Daniel Rozsnyo