You can write directly to the tty (screen) even when the shell has redirected output, with:
<?php
$h = fopen(posix_ctermid(), "rb+");
fwrite($h, "Testing direct output\n");
fclose($h);
?>
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
posix_ctermid — Get path name of controlling terminal
Generates a string which is the pathname for the current controlling terminal for the process. On error this will set errno, which can be checked using posix_get_last_error()
This function has no parameters.
Upon successful completion, returns string of the pathname to
the current controlling terminal. Otherwise false is returned and errno
is set, which can be checked with posix_get_last_error().
Example #1 posix_ctermid() example
This example will display the path to the current TTY.
<?php
echo "I am running from ".posix_ctermid();
?>
You can write directly to the tty (screen) even when the shell has redirected output, with:
<?php
$h = fopen(posix_ctermid(), "rb+");
fwrite($h, "Testing direct output\n");
fclose($h);
?>