php-doc-en/reference/info/functions/getopt.xml
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<refentry id="function.getopt">
<refnamediv>
<refname>getopt</refname>
<refpurpose>Gets options from the command line argument list</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>getopt</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>options</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>longopts</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Returns an associative array of option / argument pairs based on the
options format specified in <parameter>options</parameter>, or &false;
on an error.
</para>
<para>
On platforms that have the C function getopt_long, long options can be
specified with the parameter <parameter>longopts</parameter> (as of PHP 4.3.0).
</para>
<para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// parse the command line ($GLOBALS['argv'])
$options = getopt("f:hp:");
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</para>
<para>
The <parameter>options</parameter> 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
<literal>x</literal> recognizes an option <literal>-x</literal>, and an
option string <literal>x:</literal> recognizes an option and argument
<literal>-x argument</literal>. It does not matter if an argument has
leading white space.
</para>
<para>
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;.
</para>
&note.no-windows;
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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