#46359 [NEW]: getopt fails to recognize '?' as a short option

From: Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:25:46 +0000
Subject: #46359 [NEW]: getopt fails to recognize '?' as a short option
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From:             johnston dot joshua at gmail dot com
Operating system: OS X 10.5.x and OpenSuSE
PHP version:      Irrelevant
PHP Bug Type:     Documentation problem
Bug description:  getopt fails to recognize '?' as a short option

Description:
------------
getopt() accepts a "?" character as a short option but does not return it
if it is present in argv. It doesn't say anywhere in the manual about ?
being a special character or which characters are accepted. It is common
practice to use -h/-? as options that mean show the help

I don't know if this is a documentation error or function error.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
var_dump(getopt('?'));



Expected result:
----------------
jjohnston@devws37:~> php test.php -?
array(0) {
  ["?"]=>
  bool(false)
}

Actual result:
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jjohnston@devws37:~> php test.php -?
array(0) {
}

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