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Description

Getopt.PHP is a library for command-line argument processing. It supports PHP version 5.3 and above.

Code Quality Rank: L4
Programming language: PHP
License: MIT License
Tags: Command Line    
Latest version: v3.4.0

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README

GetOpt.PHP

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GetOpt.PHP is a library for command-line argument processing. It supports PHP version 5.4 and above.

Releases

For an overview of the releases with a changelog please have look here: https://github.com/getopt-php/getopt-php/releases

Features

  • Supports both short (e.g. -v) and long (e.g. --version) options
  • Option aliasing, ie. an option can have both a long and a short version
  • Cumulative short options (e.g. -vvv)
  • Two alternative notations for long options with arguments: --option value and --option=value
  • Collapsed short options (e.g. -abc instead of -a -b -c), also with an argument for the last option (e.g. -ab 1 instead of -a -b 1)
  • Two alternative notations for short options with arguments: -o value and -ovalue
  • Quoted arguments (e.g. --path "/some path/with spaces") for string processing
  • Options with multiple arguments (e.g. --domain example.org --domain example.com)
  • Operand (positional arguments) specification, validation and limitation
  • Command routing with specified options and operands
  • Help text generation
  • Default argument values
  • Argument validation

Upgrading

If you are still using a legacy version of GetOpt.PHP, please consider upgrading to version 3.

Only a few adjustments to your code are required to benefit from a lot of improvements. Refer to the upgrade guide for details.

Documentation

License

GetOpt.PHP is published under the MIT License.


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