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# getopt

(no version information, might be only in CVS)

getopt -- Gets options from the command line argument list

## Description

string getopt ( string options)

Returns an associative array of option / argument pairs based on the options format specified in `options`, or `FALSE` on an error.

    $options = getopt("f:hp:"); // parse the command line ($_GLOBALS['argv'])

The `options` parameter may contain the following elements: individual characters, and characters followed by a colon to indicate an option argument is to follow. For example, an option string `x` recognizes an option `-x`, and an option string `x:` recognizes an option and argument `-x argument`. It does not matter if an argument has leading white space.

This function will return an array of option / argument pairs. If an option does not have an argument, the value will be set to `FALSE`.

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