Description:
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Let me just emphasize now that this is not a bug, just an example  
leading into a change request.  
  
Example Scenario:  
  
When fgets(STDIN, [int]) is called in a PHP (CLI) shell script, the  
script will not display previous output if the output buffer has not been  
filled. The user is then left at a prompt, and the script pauses,  
expecting input. This can be avoided by setting the "output_buffering =  
0" in php.ini, or by adding ob_flush_implicit(true) to your script and  
adding ob_flush() before every call to STDIN.  
  
Change Request:  
  
The second method makes for messy scripts. The first method  
completely solves this, but only by editing php.ini because  
output_buffering() may not be changed on-the-fly with ini_set().  
Because the manipulated variable, "output_buffering = ...", affects  
both environments, I am suggesting allowing an option for php-cli.ini to  
override settings in php.ini.  
  
php-cli.ini, in my php configuration directory, is parsed as an additional  
file, but the values from php-cli.ini are overrided by the values in  
php.ini. There is no independence of the CLI and webserver  
environment, each of which is unique (static vs. dynamic). So, in this  
case, I would not be able to choose output_buffering enabled for  
webserver, and disabled for CLI.  
  
Another instance of this problem arising could be in PHP-Gtk, yet 
another dynamic user-interface involved in PHP development. 
  
If it is at all possible to do this with PHP-4.3.2, (other than using the  
redundant ob_flush() method), please inform me. 
 
Patrick Clery