Parses command line arguments passed to a PHP script.
// Define accepted arguments
$definitions = new \Clapp\CommandLineArgumentDefinition(array(
"help|h" => "Shows help message",
"message|m=s" => "Input message",
"verbose|v+" => "Set level of verbose output",
));
// Filter arguments based and validate according to definitions
$filter = new \Clapp\CommandArgumentFilter($definitions, $argv);
// Retrieve parameter if set
if ($filter->getParam('h') !== false) {
echo $definitions->getUsage();
exit();
} //if- Simple definition syntax
- Supports long and short arugment names (-v --verbose)
- Supports repeated arguments (--name=bob --name=mary)
- Supports multiple short arguments (-abc equivalent of -a -b -c)
- Supports 2 ways of setting values (--name=bob or --name bob)
- Supports double dash delimiter for trailing values
- Creates detailed usage documentation using definitions