public function consolePrompt($question,$cannotBeBlank = false){

        @ob_flush();

        exec("read -p '{$question} ' answer; echo \$answer;",$answer);

        if(!$answer[0] && $cannotBeBlank === true){
            echo PHP_EOL . 'Answer cannot be blank! Try again...' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL; 
            return self::consolePrompt($question,$cannotBeBlank);
        }//if

        return $answer[0];

    }