note 127341 added to function.getopt

As noted the options not required or optional (parameter does not accept any value) only returns the index key with a value of FALSE when provided as an argument. That is counter-intuitive to how the option will likely be used, so simply leverage the keys existence and reset the variable's index for that option: <?php $options = getopt('', ['update', 'insert']); $options['update'] = array_key_exists('update', $options); $options['insert'] = array_key_exists('insert', $options); var_dump($options); ?> shell> php testfile.php --insert array(2) { ["update"]=> bool(false) ["insert"]=> bool(true) } ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 45.91.157.133 (proxied: 2603:8080:f205:fc2b:7d86:3bdc:20b9:1e9f) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.getopt.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/127341 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/127341 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/127341 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php