parseArgs.php

<?php
/**
 * parseArgs Command Line Interface (CLI) utility function.
 * @usage               $args = parseArgs($_SERVER['argv']);
 * @author              Patrick Fisher <patrick@pwfisher.com>
 * @source              https://github.com/pwfisher/CommandLine.php
 */
function __parseArgs(){
	global $argv;
    array_shift($argv);
    $out = array();
    foreach ($argv as $arg){
        if (substr($arg,0,2) == '--'){
            $eqPos = strpos($arg,'=');
            if ($eqPos === false){
                $key = substr($arg,2);
                $out[$key] = isset($out[$key]) ? $out[$key] : true;
            } else {
                $key = substr($arg,2,$eqPos-2);
                $out[$key] = substr($arg,$eqPos+1);
            }
        } else if (substr($arg,0,1) == '-'){
            if (substr($arg,2,1) == '='){
                $key = substr($arg,1,1);
                $out[$key] = substr($arg,3);
            } else {
                $chars = str_split(substr($arg,1));
                foreach ($chars as $char){
                    $key = $char;
                    $out[$key] = isset($out[$key]) ? $out[$key] : true;
                }
            }
        } else {
            $out[] = $arg;
        }
    }
    return $out;
}
?>