php-doc-en/reference/readline/functions/readline.xml
Christoph Michael Becker 66cce3c1c4 Add missing <initializer>
Patch provided by Kasper Franz.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- $Revision$ -->
<refentry xml:id="function.readline" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>readline</refname>
<refpurpose>Reads a line</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>string</type><methodname>readline</methodname>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>prompt</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Reads a single line from the user. You must add this line to the history
yourself using <function>readline_add_history</function>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>prompt</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
You may specify a string with which to prompt the user.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a single string from the user. The line returned has the ending
newline removed.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>readline</function> Example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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());
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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