ncurses_instr

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PECL ncurses:1.0.0)

ncurses_instr — Reads string from terminal screen

Description

int ncurses_instr ( string &$buffer )

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk.

Reads a string from the terminal screen and returns the number of characters read from the current character position until end of line.

Parameters

buffer

The characters. Attributes will be stripped.

Return Values

Returns the number of characters.