I have an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. And XAMPP for linux 1.7.7.

When I code in php with and call the readline function I get this error message? "Fatal error: Call to undefined function readline()"

I recently found the below thread which pointed out the name of the package that contained the desired readline:How to solve configure: error: readline library not found?

I went ahead and installed # apt-get install libreadline6. But this didnt seem to make a difference. I still get the same error message: "Fatal error: Call to undefined function readline()". Was the thread missing further steps? Can anyone help me?

I am new to Ubuntu.

<?php
echo "Simple menu \n" ;
echo "1. Play Sports \n";
echo "2. Play Strategy games \n";
$userInput = readline('Enter something here: ');
?>

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The default php builds on ubuntu use libedit and instead of readline. (Due to some licensing issue)

To get the readline support you can download the source and build it

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This worked just fine for me on Ubuntu 12.10:

sudo apt-get install php5-readline

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Install the libreadline6-dev package. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command below.

sudo apt-get install libreadline6-dev

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