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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. pear/console\_getopt ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) pear/console\_getopt ==================== More info available on: http://pear.php.net/package/Console\_Getopt v1.4.3(6y ago)8571.8M—3%1410BSD-2-ClausePHPCI failing Since Feb 10Pushed 4y ago9 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pear/Console_Getopt)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/console_getopt)[ RSS](/packages/pear-console-getopt/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (1)DependenciesVersions (6)Used By (10) Console\_Getopt - Command-line option parser ============================================ [](#console_getopt---command-line-option-parser) This is a PHP implementation of "getopt" supporting both short and long options. It helps parsing command line options in your PHP script. 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