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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5 < 5.3.0, PECL ncurses >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">ncurses_clear</span> — <span class="dc-title">Clear screen </span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>ncurses_clear</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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Clears the screen completely without setting blanks.
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Note: <span class="function"><strong>ncurses_clear()</strong></span> clears the screen without
setting blanks, which have the current background rendition. To
clear screen with blanks, use <span class="function"><a href="function.ncurses-erase.html" class="function">ncurses_erase()</a></span>.
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.ncurses-erase.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">ncurses_erase()</a> - Erase terminal screen</span></li>
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