Bug #14537 Updated: fgetc fails to return single charachter immediatly

ID: 14537 Updated by: yohgaki Reported By: junk-php@aontic.com Old Status: Open Status: Duplicate Bug Type: Filesystem function related Operating System: Linux 2.4.7-10smp i686 PHP Version: 4.1.0 New Comment: Please search bug database before report. This has been reported ;) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-12-15 15:38:19] junk-php@aontic.com fgetc should have at least the option of returning a single charachter immediatly upon its entry, or another function should be defined (such as getchar()) that achieves similar functionality to fgetc(stdin) which return a single charachter immediatly. The following script allows the user to type more than a single charachter and only returns when the user hits enter. fgetc should simply block until a single charachter is entered and then return. This is missing functionality that can not be worked around easily as far as I can tell. Script: $fp = fopen("php://stdin", "r"); $char = fgetc($fp); echo $char; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14537&edit=1