Getting user data via Console Input with PHP.

php-console.php

<?php 
function read ($length='255') 
{ 
   if (!isset ($GLOBALS['StdinPointer'])) 
   { 
      $GLOBALS['StdinPointer'] = fopen ("php://stdin","r"); 
   } 
   $line = fgets ($GLOBALS['StdinPointer'],$length); 
   return trim ($line); 
} 

echo "Enter your name: "; 
$name = read (); 
echo "\nHello $name! Where you came from? "; 
$where = read (); 
echo "\nI see. $where is very good place."; 

//php php-console.php
?>