POSIX Functions
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posix_isatty

Determine if a file descriptor is an interactive terminal

Description

bool posix_isatty(resourceint $file_descriptor)

Determines if the file descriptor file_descriptor refers to a valid terminal type device.

Parameters

file_descriptor

The file descriptor, which is expected to be either a file resource or an int. An int will be assumed to be a file descriptor that can be passed directly to the underlying system call.

Return Values

Returns true if file_descriptor is an open descriptor connected to a terminal and false otherwise.

Changelog

Version Description
8.4.0 Set errno (error number) to EBADF when the file descriptor/stream passed is invalid.
8.3.0 Type error E_WARNINGs are now raised for integer coercions following the usual PHP type coercion semantics.

See Also

  • posix_ttyname
  • stream_isatty