Req #43848 [Opn->Wfx]: Should be an option to disable echo when reading php://stdin

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43848&edit=1 ID: 43848 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: graced at wingsnw dot com Summary: Should be an option to disable echo when reading php://stdin -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: Irrelevant PHP Version: 5.2.5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This seems beyond what we should be supporting in the core of PHP. I am sure there are ways of doing this on Windows. A quick search gets me the ScriptPW.Password component. It should be easy enough to trigger that via the COM extension. eg. $pwd = new Com('ScriptPW.Password'); Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-03-01 00:39:54] jgc at yahoo-inc dot com Python supports a fxn for the password input use-case: http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/getpass.html?highlight=password Equivalent of that would satisfy me. You can do the equivalent on unixy systems this way, but, alas, doesn't work on Windows, which many of our CLI script users have: $stty = stty -g; system("stty -echo"); $input = trim(fgets(STDIN)); system("stty $stty"); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-01-15 04:43:44] graced at wingsnw dot com Description: ------------ Short of using an experimental extension that's not likely to be available on a default install, there appears to be no way to disable/enable echoing of stdin content when reading it. A use case would be something like: <?php ob_implicit_flush(true); echo "Please enter your password: "; // code to disable echo here $password = fgets(STDIN); // code to re-enable echo here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43848&edit=1