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

From:	Rowan Tommins	Date:	Wed, 12 May 2021 20:46:39 +0000
Subject:	Re: Disable interactive mode (-a) if readline not available
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On 12/05/2021 17:21, Levi Morrison via internals wrote:

     The interactive shell requires libedit or readline support, which

this build does not have.

     Run php without -a to get an interactive mode instead.

Unless I'm missing something, the default CLI mode (php without -a) is "interactive PHP" only if you consider "cat > foo.txt" to be an "interactive editor". You can type a complete script (remembering to start with "<?php"), hit Ctrl-D (if you happen to know that that means "end of file") and it will execute it, then exit. I too have been stung by accidentally triggering this mode without readline enabled, and would be happy to see Nikita's patch merged. Regards, -- Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]