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authorBrion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>2009-11-06 15:03:03 +0100
committerBrion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>2009-11-06 15:03:13 +0100
commit00ec0293522f4c00b3ef169aaf8c3da2055cab6e (patch)
tree245a7bc0030cf3a1f5c3145aef7047a0f385159e
parentb932bd6addcf00bec1d9f6a37f3f222a90a726be (diff)
console.php: fix up the help and include a handy cut-n-paste'able example
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/console.php19
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/console.php b/scripts/console.php
index e65529a8d..f1b089a7c 100755
--- a/scripts/console.php
+++ b/scripts/console.php
@@ -110,12 +110,21 @@ function readline_emulation($prompt)
function console_help()
{
print "Welcome to StatusNet's interactive PHP console!\n";
- print "Type some PHP code and it'll run!\n";
+ print "Type some PHP code and it'll execute...\n";
print "\n";
- print "Note that PHP is cranky and you can easily kill your session.\n";
+ print "Hint: return a value of any time to output it via var_export():\n";
+ print " \$profile = new Profile();\n";
+ print " \$profile->find();\n";
+ print " \$profile->fetch();\n";
+ print " return \$profile;\n";
+ print "\n";
+ print "Note that PHP is cranky and you can easily kill your session by mistyping.\n";
+ print "\n";
+ print "Type ctrl+D or enter 'exit' to exit.\n";
}
+print "StatusNet interactive PHP console... type ctrl+D or enter 'exit' to exit.\n";
$prompt = common_config('site', 'name') . '> ';
while (!feof(STDIN)) {
$line = read_input_line($prompt);
@@ -124,14 +133,14 @@ while (!feof(STDIN)) {
break;
} elseif ($line !== '') {
try {
- if ($line == 'exit') {
+ if (trim($line) == 'exit') {
break;
- } elseif ($line == 'help') {
+ } elseif (trim($line) == 'help') {
console_help();
continue;
}
- // Let's do this
+ // Let's do this!
$result = eval($line);
if ($result === false) {
// parse error