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Bug #71076 REPL arrow history navigation problem
Submitted: 2015-12-09 21:06 UTC Modified: 2015-12-19 13:31 UTC
From: miraagewow at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: CGI/CLI related
PHP Version: 7.0.0 OS: Ubuntu 14.04
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-12-09 21:06 UTC] miraagewow at gmail dot com 
Description:
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"php -a" and other REPLs (e.g. Psysh) are having issues with history navigation.
Once some command is entered, arrow history navigation results in (example for up/down arrows):

^[[A^[[B

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 [2015-12-10 00:57 UTC] rasmus@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2015-12-10 00:57 UTC] rasmus@php.net 
Looks ok here on Ubuntu and Debian. How did you build your PHP 7? Did you compile in readline support?
 [2015-12-10 09:28 UTC] miraagewow at gmail dot com 
I've installed from famous PPA https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/ubuntu/php-7.0
 [2015-12-19 13:31 UTC] miraagewow at gmail dot com
-Status: Feedback +Status: Closed
 [2015-12-19 13:31 UTC] miraagewow at gmail dot com 
Solution was found. I was missing php-readline extensions. After I've installed it - works awesome.
 
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