Bug #80253 [Com]: Community PHP does nothing on IBM i 7.4

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80253&edit=1 ID: 80253 Comment by: rtrtrtrtrt at dfdfdfdf dot dfd Reported by: softwoehr at gmail dot com Summary: Community PHP does nothing on IBM i 7.4 Status: Open Type: Bug Package: Output Control Operating System: IBM i 7.4 PHP Version: 7.3.23 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: "php -m" is pretty sure missing "readline" extension Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-10-18 03:47:20] softwoehr at gmail dot com Description: ------------ After installing community edition for IBM i ppc64 from Zend repo via yum, (software is installed, but does not operate correctly. - yum install 'php*' from http://repos.zend.com/ibmiphp/ - follow instructions on https://odbcphp.k3s.com/ and copy /QOpenSys/etc/php.ini to /QOpenSys/etc/php/php.ini - Check all the modules are mentioned in /QOpenSys/etc/php/conf.d - Try it out NOTE that the version offered from Zend repo is as follows: $ php --version PHP 7.3.14 (cli) (built: Jan 30 2020 07:25:43) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2018 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.3.14, Copyright (c) 1998-2018 Zend Technologies Test script: --------------- Sample session: driveway@Common1:~$ chroot /QOpenSys/jwoehr driveway@Common1:/$ php -a Interactive mode enabled echo "foo"; echo "foo"; driveway@Common1:~$ chroot /QOpenSys/jwoehr driveway@Common1:/$ echo 'echo "foo";' | php echo "foo"; driveway@Common1:/$ Expected result: ---------------- Expect conventional php interactive behavior. Actual result: -------------- Does not hang, but does not operate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=80253&edit=1