Not able to cycle through command history while using tinker in Laravel

I am using the php artisan tinker command to do operations in Laravel.
However, I am unable to get the previous commands given while using tinker unlike other command line programs. Pressing the up or down key results in ^[[A or ^[[B but not the previous commands.
Is this the right behaviour for tinker?
Is there a way to get the intended function?
I am currently using Laravle 5.2.

via Chebli Mohamed