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pointybeard/helpers-cli-input
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Collection of classes for handling argv (and other) input when calling command-line scripts. Helps with parsing, collecting and validating arguments, options, and flags.

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PHP Helpers: Command-line Input and Input Type Handlers
=======================================================

[](#php-helpers-command-line-input-and-input-type-handlers)

- Version: v1.2.2
- Date: Aug 06 2019
- [Release notes](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-cli-input/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-cli-input)

Collection of classes for handling argv (and other) input when calling command-line scripts. Helps with parsing, collecting and validating arguments, options, and flags.

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

[](#installation)

This library is installed via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/). To install, use `composer require pointybeard/helpers-cli-input` or add `"pointybeard/helpers-cli-input": "~1.2.0"` to your `composer.json` file.

And run composer to update your dependencies:

```
$ curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
$ php composer.phar update

```

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

This library makes use of the [PHP Helpers: Flag Functions](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-functions-flags) (`pointybeard/helpers-functions-flags`) and [PHP Helpers: Factory Foundation Classes](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-foundation-factory) packages. They are installed automatically via composer.

To include all the [PHP Helpers](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers) packages on your project, use `composer require pointybeard/helpers` or add `"pointybeard/helpers": "~1.1"` to your composer file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Include this library in your PHP files with `use pointybeard\Helpers\Cli`. See example code in `example/example.php`. The example code can be run with the following command:

```
php -f example/example.php -- -vvv -d example/example.json import

```

Support
-------

[](#support)

If you believe you have found a bug, please report it using the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-cli-input/issues), or better yet, fork the library and submit a pull request.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

We encourage you to contribute to this project. Please check out the [Contributing documentation](https://github.com/pointybeard/helpers-cli-input/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines about how to get involved.

License
-------

[](#license)

"PHP Helpers: Command-line Input and Input Type Handlers" is released under the [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- Some inspiration taken from the [Symfony Console Component](https://github.com/symfony/console) (although no code has been used).

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~16 days

Recently: every ~46 days

Total

13

Last Release

2399d ago

### Community

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