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

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: --------------- <?php var_dump(getopt('?')); Expected result: ---------------- jjohnston@devws37:~> php test.php -? array(0) { ["?"]=> bool(false) } Actual result: -------------- jjohnston@devws37:~> php test.php -? array(0) { } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46359&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46359&r=mysqlcfg