#43307 [NEW]: compiled php CLI does not show interactive prompt

From: keith at karsites dot net Operating system: Fedora 8 PHP version: 5.2.5 PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: compiled php CLI does not show interactive prompt Description: ------------ $ php -a does not show a command prompt Reproduce code: --------------- Here is a url to a tar.gz file containing the php executable, my config.nice file, a screenshoot of what php -a does (or doesn't do), and the full output from php -i saved to a text file. http://www.karsites.net/bug-reports-php/php-5.2.5-bug.tar.gz Expected result: ---------------- I expect php -a to output a command prompt so I can use php interactively in a shell. Actual result: -------------- Please see the screenshot in the .png file inside the php-5.2.5-bug.tar.gz file -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=43307&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=43307&r=mysqlcfg