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glfwGetGamepadName

Returns the human-readable gamepad name for the specified joystick.

function glfwGetGamepadName(int $jid) : string

This function returns the human-readable name of the gamepad from the gamepad mapping assigned to the specified joystick.

If the specified joystick is not present or does not have a gamepad mapping this function will return NULL but will not generate an error. Call glfwJoystickPresent to check whether it is present regardless of whether it has a mapping.

arguments
  1. int $jid The joystick to query.
returns

string The UTF-8 encoded name of the gamepad, or NULL if the joystick is not present, does not have a mapping or an error occurred.

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This documentation page is prased from the glfw3.h header file, and only modified to fit the PHP-GFLW extension bindings. The original documentation copyright is as follows:

Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Marcus Geelnard
Copyright (c) 2006-2019 Camilla Löwy
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