Re: Command line PHP

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:55, larry@garfieldtech.com <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > Hi folks.  I have a project coming up that will involve writing a > non-trivial command line PHP application.  Most of it will be nice and > abstracted and standalone and all of that jazz, but it will need to do > command line interation.  I'm not sure yet if it will be interactive or if I > just need to parse lots of command line switches. > > Has anyone used a CLI-handling library they like?  I recall briefly using > the PEAR CLI library many many years ago and disliking it because it was > only barely a step above the raw PHP-CLI SAPI, and still required lots of > if-else branching in my code.  I don't know if there's anything better since > then, however.  I prefer clean OO to procedural, but can work with > procedural if needs be.  The fewer dependencies it has the better as well. > > Any recommendations? I've never used any external libraries, I always built my interface to suit the project at hand. Are you looking for it to run as its own pseudo shell, or just a basic batch script or daemon-style application? -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/