PHP library for getting command line parameters and parameters

Question

Is there a PHP library that I can use to parse parameters and parameters in a php script command line? I know the getopt function, but is there something similar for the parameters?

Answer 1

Use getopt for parameters and $argv array for parameters - http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.argv.php

also see http://docs.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php for things like reading arguments from $argv form --name=VALUE

Answer 2

getopt is an option, but it's not funny, especially if you're used to Python (or Ruby, which probably has nice looking argv parses). Here are some of the best alternatives; they probably all require PHP 5.3+.

• I tried Commando and I am pleased with that.

• ConsoleKit would be next in line.

• php-cli-tools has some more features, such as progress indicators and table displays. I just found it 10 minutes ago, since I want a tabular display, I can at some point go to this library from Commando.

• Also check out GetOptionKit as it can handle subcommands.

Answer 3

The CLIFramework checkout processes subcommands, checking arguments, parameter values ​​(multiple, flag, optional, default) and a powerful zsh / bash completion generator.

Here is a screencast using the zsh completion generator (it completes the arguments and options):

There are also many popular applications using CLIFramework and GetOptionKit. e.g. PHPBrew , LazyRecord