php man page for posix_isatty

Query: posix_isatty

OS: php

Section: 3

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POSIX_ISATTY(3) 							 1							   POSIX_ISATTY(3)

posix_isatty - Determine if a file descriptor is an interactive terminal

SYNOPSIS
bool posix_isatty (mixed $fd)
DESCRIPTION
Determines if the file descriptor $fd refers to a valid terminal type device.
PARAMETERS
o $fd - The file descriptor, which is expected to be either a file resource or an integer. An integer will be assumed to be a file descriptor that can be passed directly to the underlying system call. In almost all cases, you will want to provide a file resource.
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE if $fd is an open descriptor connected to a terminal and FALSE otherwise.
SEE ALSO
posix_ttyname(3). PHP Documentation Group POSIX_ISATTY(3)
Related Man Pages
isatty(3c) - opensolaris
tcgetsid(3) - osf1
eio_dup2(3) - php
eio_ftruncate(3) - php
isatty(3) - plan9
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