#45098 [Opn->Csd]: named constants require long opt

ID: 45098 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported By: philip@php.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Doc Build problem Operating System: Mac PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: This bug has been fixed in SVN. Since the websites are not directly updated from the SVN server, the fix might need some time to spread across the globe to all mirror sites, including PHP.net itself. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP.net better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-12-26 11:01:56] svn@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of bjori Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=292638 Log: Fixed bug#45098 (named constants require long opt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-05-27 07:37:52] bjori@php.net (it is phd --verbose .. not --version :) The real reason is that before PHP5.3 there was no such thing as "optional argument". For the --verbose option it is natural to specify an option, but -v usually doesn't take arguments, but are passed multiple times for more verbosity. We could fix it in 5.3 (optional argument), but then we would need some weird 5.2 BC code and it would be really inconsistent between PHP versions... -Hannes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-05-26 19:38:54] philip@php.net Description: ------------ Named constants seemingly cannot be used with short options, for example: phd -v VERBOSE_NOVERSION Whereas the following works: phd --version VERBOSE_NOVERSION The difference is confusing, however, maybe there is a good reason. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45098&edit=1