posix_ctermid

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

posix_ctermid — Get path name of controlling terminal

Descrierea

posix_ctermid ( ) : string|false

Generates a string which is the pathname for the current controlling terminal for the process. On error this will set errno, which can be checked using posix_get_last_error()

Valorile întoarse

Upon successful completion, returns string of the pathname to the current controlling terminal. Otherwise false is returned and errno is set, which can be checked with posix_get_last_error().

Exemple

Example #1 posix_ctermid() example

This example will display the path to the current TTY.


<?php
echo "I am running from ".posix_ctermid();
?>

A se vedea și

posix_ttyname() - Determine terminal device name
posix_get_last_error() - Retrieve the error number set by the last posix function that failed

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8 years ago


You can write directly to the tty (screen) even when the shell has redirected output, with:

<?php
$h = fopen(posix_ctermid(), "rb+");
fwrite($h, "Testing direct output\n");
fclose($h);
?>

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