GetOpt.php
a better getopt for php
- About
- Syntax
- Installation
- Upgrading
- Options
- Operands
- Commands
- Help Text
- Localization
- Validation
- Example
- Development
View the Project on GitHub getopt-php/getopt-php
About
GetOpt.php is a command-line argument processor for PHP 5.4 and above. It started out as an object-oriented
replacement for PHP’s own getopt() method,
but has since evolved to become significantly more powerful.
Feature Overview
- 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 valueand--option=value - Collapsed short options (e.g.
-abcinstead of-a -b -c), also with an argument for the last option (e.g.-ab 1instead of-a -b 1) - Two alternative notations for short options with arguments:
-o valueand-ovalue - Quoted arguments (e.g.
--path "/some path/with spcaces") 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