Re: Disable interactive mode (-a) if readline not available

From: Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 09:44:26 +0000
Subject: Re: Disable interactive mode (-a) if readline not available
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> On 12 May 2021, at 11:39, Pierre <pierre-php@processus.org> wrote:
> 
> Le 12/05/2021 à 11:29, Joe Watkins a écrit :
>> Morning Nikita,
>> 
>> +1 on the change to cli.
>> 
>> It can't really be a default extension right now because readline license
>> is not compatible:
>> 
>> https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3823
>> 
>> Even without the license problem, I'm not convinced of the value of adding
>> the dependency: Because of this long standing strange behaviour, I don't
>> really think the interactive shell is well used.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I might be an exception, I don't know, but I do use it a lot (almost every day). I
> don't want to install psysh or anything like it, php -a is enough for what I do with it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Pierre
> 
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Hello,

I’m using php -a daily on CLI to quickly try out hypothesis or evaluate expressions. No interest
in using other tools.

Cheers,

Michelangelo


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