$10K coding deathmatch

[Steve Dibb]

Stephen Weeks wrote:
> Chris Carey wrote:
>
>> if (!file_exists($argv[1])) exit;
>> $input=@file($argv[1]); 
>
>
> Ryan Byrd wrote:
>
>> $fp = fopen ($argv[1],"r"); 
>
>
> Josh Coates wrote:
>
>> your code should assume that the input is coming via standard input 
>> (stdin)

Here's a function I use on my shell scripts, if that helps.

function ask($string, $default = false) {
                        if(is_string($string)) {
                                fwrite(STDOUT, "$string ");
                                $input = fread(STDIN, 255);
                              
                                if($input == "\n") {
                                        return $default;
                                }
                                else {
                                        $input = trim($input);
                                        return $input;
                                }
                        }
                }

Steve