Bug #74490 [NEW]: readline() moves the cursor to the beginning of the line

From: webmaster_20170422 at cubiclesoft dot com Operating system: Windows PHP version: 7.1.4 Package: Readline related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:readline() moves the cursor to the beginning of the line Description: ------------ As of PHP 7.1, the readline extension is compiled into PHP for Windows. Unfortunately, calling readline() results in the keyboard caret moving to the beginning of the line and clears any output on the line when the first key is pressed on the keyboard. For example, running the test script on Ubuntu Linux via a SSH terminal session (PHP run from Bash) works as expected (the caret is not moved nor the start of the line changed). This behavior is most likely a bug in the upstream WinEditLine library. Documenting it here in bugs.php.net so the author of that library and the larger PHP community are aware of the issue. This bug may be related to PHP Bug #74489, which describes a similar problem with WinEditLine's readline() most likely not accepting a null value for the prompt parameter. Keyboard caret positioning information is available via the Windows Console API GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(). Test script: --------------- <?php echo "Name: "; readline(""); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Similar behavior to *NIXes. The "Name: " string output to the terminal via echo and the keyboard caret correctly appears at the end of the string. Actual result: -------------- The "Name: " string appears but the keyboard caret is placed at the start of the line. The first keypress results in the displayed text being removed. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74490&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74490&r=mysqlcfg