readline_write_history

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

readline_write_history -- Writes the history

Description

bool readline_write_history ( [string filename] )

This function writes the command history to a file.


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jonathan dot gotti at free dot fr
28-Apr-2006 07:52
readline_write_history() doesn't take care of the $_SERVER['HISTSIZE'] value, here's an example on how to handle an history file in your apps taking care of user preferences regarding history size.

at the begining of your script:
<?php
$history_file
= $_SERVER['HOME'].'/.PHPinteractive_history';
# read history from previous session
if(is_file($history_file))
 
readline_read_history($history_file);
....
# your application's code
....
# put this at the end of yur script to save history and take care of $_SERVER['HISTSIZE']
if( readline_write_history($history_file) ){
 
# clean history if too long
 
$hist = readline_list_history();
  if( (
$histsize = count($hist)) > $_SERVER['HISTSIZE'] ){
  
$hist = array_slice($hist, $histsize - $_SERVER['HISTSIZE']);
  
# in php5 you can replaces thoose line with a file_puts_content()
  
if( $fhist = fopen($history_file,'w') ){
    
fwrite($fhist,implode("\n",$hist));
    
fclose($fhist);
   }
  }
}
?>