Bug #65931 [NEW]: getopt fails to return optional argument when specified

From: support at shockandawemedia dot com Operating system: Gnu Linux PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Variables related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:getopt fails to return optional argument when specified Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.getopt#refsect1-function.getopt-returnvalues --- This function is useless if it cannot work with optional arguments at all. Test script: --------------- <?php $argsA = getopt("a:b::c:"); var_dump($argsA); ?> Expected result: ---------------- The string value 'arg2' should have appeared in the argument array for index 'b'. Actual result: -------------- $ php ./gotest.php -a arg1 -b arg2 -c arg3 array(3) { ["a"]=> string(4) "arg1" ["b"]=> bool(false) ["c"]=> string(4) "arg3" } -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65931&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=65931&r=mysqlcfg