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<h1 class="refname">posix_ttyname</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">posix_ttyname</span> — <span class="dc-title">Determine terminal device name</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>posix_ttyname</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$fd</code></span>
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Returns a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> for the absolute path to the current
terminal device that is open on the file descriptor
<em><code class="parameter">fd</code></em>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">fd</code></em></span>
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The file descriptor.
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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On success, returns a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> of the absolute path of the
<em><code class="parameter">fd</code></em>. On failure, returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>
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