This question is regarding getopt function in php. I need to pass two parameter to the php scripts like
php script.php -f filename -t filetype
Now depending upon the file type which can be u, c or s I need to do proper operation.
I am using switch case for the same:
Here is the Code I am using:
// Get filename of input file when executing through command line.
$file = getopt("f:t:");
Switch case should compare the type of the file which I am passing in from the command line (u, c or i) and accordingly match it and do the operation.
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{
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break;
case `Not sure`:
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case `Not sure`:
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}
Kindly advise on this !!!
If you just put something like this in your PHP script (called, on my machine, temp.php
) :
<?php
$file = getopt("f:t:");
var_dump($file);
And call it from the command-line, passing those two parameters :
php temp.php -f filename -t filetype
You'll get this kind of output :
array(2) {
["f"]=>
string(8) "filename"
["t"]=>
string(8) "filetype"
}
Which means that :
$file['f']
contains the value passed for -f
- and
$file['t']
contains the value passed for -t
Starting from there, if you want your switch
to depend on the option passed as the value of -t
, you'll use something like this :
switch ($file['t']) {
case 'u':
// ...
break;
case 'c':
// ...
break;
case 'i':
// ...
break;
}
Basically, you put :
- The variable that you want to test in the
switch()
- And the possible values in the
case
s
And, for more informations, you can read, in the PHP manual :
- The manual page of
switch
- And
getopt()
I implemented a getopt parser for this, support short,long option names, type constraint, option printing.. etc. and this library has been maintained over 6 years.
Synopsis:
<?php
use GetOptionKit\OptionCollection;
use GetOptionKit\OptionParser;
$options = new OptionCollection;
$spec = $options->add( 'f|foo:' , 'option require value' ); # returns spec object.
$options->add( 'b|bar+' , 'option with multiple value' );
$options->add( 'z|zoo?' , 'option with optional value' );
$options->add( 'f|foo:=i' , 'option require value, with integer type' );
$options->add( 'f|foo:=s' , 'option require value, with string type' );
$options->add( 'v|verbose' , 'verbose flag' );
$options->add( 'd|debug' , 'debug flag' );
$parser = new OptionParser;
$result = $parser->parse( array( 'program' , '-f' , 'foo value' , '-v' , '-d' ) );
$result = $parser->parse( $argv );
$spec = $result->verbose;
$spec = $result->debug;
$spec->value; # get value
GetOptionKit\OptionPrinter can print options for you:
* Available options:
-f, --foo option requires a value.
-b, --bar option with multiple value.
-z, --zoo option with optional value.
-v, --verbose verbose message.
-d, --debug debug message.
--long long option name only.
-s short option name only.
Demo
Please check examples/demo.php
.
Run:
% php examples/demo.php -f test -b 123 -b 333
Print:
* Available options:
-f, --foo <value> option requires a value.
-b, --bar <value>+ option with multiple value.
-z, --zoo [<value>] option with optional value.
-v, --verbose verbose message.
-d, --debug debug message.
--long long option name only.
-s short option name only.
Enabled options:
* key:foo spec:-f, --foo <value> desc:option requires a value.
value => test
* key:bar spec:-b, --bar <value>+ desc:option with multiple value.
Array
(
[0] => 123
[1] => 333
)
GetOptionKit is on GitHub: https://github.com/c9s/GetOptionKit
There is a problem in your approach. What if user gives following command line by mistake. the script will not be able to detect it and fail as $file['t']
will be an array.
php temp.php -f filename -t filetype -f filename2