Req #68806 [NEW]: getopt is not able to detect unknown arguments
From: daniel dot marschall at rinntech dot com
Operating system: Debian Squeeze
PHP version: 5.4.36
Package: Unknown/Other Function
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description:getopt is not able to detect unknown arguments
Description:
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I am developing a CLI application which must output an usage-description
as soon as the user inputs an invalid command (which is e.g. -? ), this
is a must criteria.
First problem:
getopt() only returns the options specified if they were listed in the
options.
So you can't make a switch() use "default:" to complain of an unknown
option. (http://php.net/manual/de/function.getopt.php#102211)
There are only dirty workarounds possible, which are not able to deal
with all kinds of argument notation resp. value-handling:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/25388917/3544341 .
Second problem:
Additionally, there doesn't seem a comfortable way to handle the "end of
options" (--) functionality to handle rest arguments, e.g. "./script
--verbose -- file1.jpg file2.jpg".
(http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/55753/how-to-deal-with-end-of-options-in-getopts)
The only workaround I see is to manually parse "--", but there are
caveats, e.g. if "--" appears inside an argument value.
Test script:
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<?php
$x = getopt('v', 'verbose');
var_dump($x);
// call script with "./myscript.php -?" or "./myscript.php -xyz"
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- daniel dot marschall at rinntech dot com