noccylabs/joystick

Joystick access via /dev/input (linux only)

noccylabs/joystick: Joystick access via /dev/input

This is a small library to read connected gamepads via /dev/input/js0 etc. As it uses /dev/input it only supports Linux. It can be used to create configs with keybindings for games, xboxdrv etc., _(*1)

Install

For development version:, _(*2)

$ composer require noccylabs/joystick:dev-master

Examples

Example 1: Using raw events, _(*3)

$js = new \NoccyLabs\Joystick\Joystick(0);
echo "Press a button on joystick 0 ... ";
while (true) {
    $raw = $js->getRawEvent();
    if ($raw['type'] & JS_EVENT_BUTTON) {
        echo "Thank you!\n";
        break;
    }
}

Example 2: Using the JoystickState, _(*4)

$js = new \NoccyLabs\Joystick\Joystick(0);
echo "Press button 1 on joystick 0 ... ";
while ($state = $js->update()) {
    if ($state->getButton(1)) {
        echo "Thank you!\n";
        break;
    }
}