PHP/Utility Function/argv

Parsing commmand-line arguments

 
<?php
for ($i = 1; $i < $argc; $i++) {
    switch ($argv[$i]) {
    case "-v":
        // set a flag
        $verbose = true;
        break;
    case "-c":
        // advance to the next argument
        $i++;
        // if it"s set, save the value
        if (isset($argv[$i])) {
            $config_file = $argv[$i];
        } else {
            // quit if no filename specified
            die("Must specify a filename after -c");
        }
        break;
    case "-q":
        $quiet = true;
        break;
    default:
        die("Unknown argument: ".$argv[$i]);
        break;
    }
}
?>

Using $argc and $argv in CLI PHP

 
<?php
    if(!isset($argv[1]) || ($argv[1] != "-d")) {
        echo "Usage:\n";
        echo "\n{$argv[0]} -d\n";
        exit(-1);
    }
    echo "You passed the command line argument "-d"\n";
    exit(0);
?>