getopt Gets options from the command line argument list arraygetopt stringoptions arraylongopts Returns an associative array of option / argument pairs based on the options format specified in options, or &false; on an error. On platforms that have the C function getopt_long, long options can be specified with the parameter longopts (as of PHP 4.3.0). ]]> The options parameter may contain the following elements: individual characters, and characters followed by a colon to indicate an option argument is to follow. For example, an option string x recognizes an option -x, and an option string x: recognizes an option and argument -x argument. It does not matter if an argument has leading white space. This function will return an array of option / argument pairs. If an option does not have an argument, the value will be set to &false;. ¬e.no-windows;