[Bug 816758] [NEW] Cant type some characters in readline()

[Fred]

Public bug reported:

php5-cli have a Readline extension.
http://php.net/readline

PHP on Ubuntu is compiled using the libedit library instead of GNU
Readline.

readline() wont accept some characters such as åäö.
Test case: $ php -r "readline('>');"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: php5-cli 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 8b5778459c1f0a1989b8d1d888befce0
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Wed Jul 27 03:18:24 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: php5
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-28 (120 days ago)

** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty

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