note 81042 added to features.commandline

Here's an update to the script a couple of people gave below to read arguments from $argv of the form --name=VALUE and -flag. Changes include: Don't use $_ARG - $_ is generally considered reserved for the engine. Don't use regex where a string operation will do just as nicely Don't overwrite --name=VALUE with -flag when 'name' and 'flag' are the same thing Allow for VALUE that has an equals sign in it function arguments($argv) { $ARG = array(); foreach ($argv as $arg) { if (strpos($arg, '--') === 0) { $compspec = explode('=', $arg); $key = str_replace('--', '', array_shift($compspec)); $value = join('=', $compspec); $ARG[$key] = $value; } elseif (strpos($arg, '-') === 0) { $key = str_replace('-', '', $arg); if (!isset($ARG[$key])) $ARG[$key] = true; } } return $ARG; } ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 76.27.50.131 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81042 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81042 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81042 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php