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ncurses_getmouse

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)

ncurses_getmouse -- Reads mouse event

Description

bool ncurses_getmouse ( array &mevent)

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

ncurses_getmouse() reads mouse event out of queue. Function ncurses_getmouse() will return ;FALSE if a mouse event is actually visible in the given window, otherwise it will return TRUE. Event options will be delivered in parameter mevent, which has to be an array, passed by reference (see example below). On success an associative array with following keys will be delivered:

Example 1. ncurses_getmouse() example

<?php
switch (ncurses_getch()){
  case NCURSES_KEY_MOUSE:
    if (!ncurses_getmouse(&$mevent)){
      if ($mevent["mmask"] & NCURSES_MOUSE_BUTTON1_PRESSED){
        $mouse_x = $mevent["x"]; // Save mouse position
        $mouse_y = $mevent["y"];
      }
    }
  break;

  default:
    /* .... */
}
?>

See also ncurses_ungetmouse()

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