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diversen/parse-argv
===================

Parse argv and get options and arguments

v4.1.0(3y ago)33.5k↓100%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/diversen/parse-argv/pulls)1MITPHPCI passing

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Simple argv parser
==================

[](#simple-argv-parser)

Any options are denoted by '-' or '--' and any option value must be specified by '='

You may cast options to int, float or booleans

Install:
--------

[](#install)

```
composer require diversen/parse-argv

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

Run the following test script:

```
php example.php  -h --help --message=hello --to-int=100 --to-float=100.5 --to-bool=false argument1 argument2

```

See: [example.php](example.php)

Test
----

[](#test)

```
git clone git@github.com:diversen/parse-argv.git
cd parse-argv
composer install
./test.sh

```

License MIT

###  Health Score

45

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance57

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.9% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~164 days

Recently: every ~65 days

Total

16

Last Release

1144d ago

Major Versions

v1.2.1 → v2.0.12019-11-09

v2.0.1 → v3.0.02022-06-26

v3.0.4 → v4.0.02023-03-01

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/23ed91d104f16d10414811ecdafbd5c80a660e658d80ccaadf84f512cfb50629?d=identicon)[diversen](/maintainers/diversen)

---

Top Contributors

[![diversen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/142675?v=4)](https://github.com/diversen "diversen (31 commits)")[![samwilson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/213655?v=4)](https://github.com/samwilson "samwilson (1 commits)")

---

Tags

argvphpphp-argvphp-argv-parsercliconsoleargv

###  Code Quality

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