From: Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:03:03 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: console.php: fix up the help and include a handy cut-n-paste'able example
X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=00ec0293522f4c00b3ef169aaf8c3da2055cab6e;p=quix0rs-gnu-social.git

console.php: fix up the help and include a handy cut-n-paste'able example
---

diff --git a/scripts/console.php b/scripts/console.php
index e65529a8d2..f1b089a7cd 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