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amercier/cli-helpers
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Utility classes to write PHP command-line scripts

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php-cli-helpers
===============

[](#php-cli-helpers)

Utility classes to write PHP command-line scripts

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

*php-cli-helpers* is available through [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/).

```
  "require": {
    "amercier/cli-helpers": "1.*"
  }
```

```
php composer.phar install
```

If you are not familiar with *Composer*, please read the [full installation intructions](docs/install.md).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### \\Cli\\Helpers\\Parameter

[](#clihelpersparameter)

Utility class to handle command-line parameters.

```
$options = \Cli\Helpers\Parameter::getFromCommandLine(array(
    'host'     => new Parameter('h', 'host'    , '127.0.0.1'),
    'username' => new Parameter('u', 'username', Parameter::VALUE_REQUIRED),
    'password' => new Parameter('p', 'password', Parameter::VALUE_REQUIRED),
    'verbose'  => new Parameter('v', 'verbose' , Parameter::VALUE_NO_VALUE),
));

$options['host'];     // given -h/--host, or 127.0.0.1 otherwise
$options['username']; // given -u/--username
$options['password']; // given -p/--password
$options['verbose'];  // true if -v/--verbose is given, false otherwise
```

See [API Documentation for Parameter](docs/api-parameter.md)

### \\Cli\\Helpers\\Script and \\Cli\\Helpers\\DocumentedScript

[](#clihelpersscript-and-clihelpersdocumentedscript)

Utility class to write scripts as objects.

```
#!/usr/bin/env php