Examples

<?php
// Include the Console_CommandLine package.
require_once 'Console/CommandLine.php';

// create the parser
$parser = new Console_CommandLine(array(
    'description' => 'zip given files using the php zip module.',
    'version'     => '1.0.0'
));

// add an option to make the program verbose
$parser->addOption(
    'verbose',
    array(
        'short_name'  => '-v',
        'long_name'   => '--verbose',
        'action'      => 'StoreTrue',
        'description' => 'turn on verbose output'
    )
);

// add an option to delete original files after zipping
$parser->addOption(
    'delete',
    array(
        'short_name'  => '-d',
        'long_name'   => '--delete',
        'action'      => 'StoreTrue',
        'description' => 'delete original files after zip operation'
    )
);

// add the files argument, the user can specify one or several files
$parser->addArgument(
    'files',
    array(
        'multiple' => true,
        'description' => 'list of files to zip separated by spaces'
    )
);

// add the zip file name argument
$parser->addArgument('zipfile', array('description' => 'zip file name'));

// run the parser
try {
    $result = $parser->parse();
    // write your program here...
    print_r($result->options);
    print_r($result->args);
} catch (Exception $exc) {
    $parser->displayError($exc->getMessage());
}
?>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<command>
    <description>zip given files using the php zip module.</description>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <option name="verbose">
        <short_name>-v</short_name>
        <long_name>--verbose</long_name>
        <description>turn on verbose output</description>
        <action>StoreTrue</action>
    </option>
    <option name="delete">
        <short_name>-d</short_name>
        <long_name>--delete</long_name>
        <description>delete original files after zip operation</description>
        <action>StoreTrue</action>
    </option>
    <argument name="files">
        <description>a list of files to zip together</description>
        <multiple>true</multiple>
    </argument>
    <argument name="zipfile">
        <description>path to the zip file to generate</description>
    </argument>
</command>

<?php
// Include the Console_CommandLine package.
require_once 'Console/CommandLine.php';

// create the parser from xml file
$xmlfile = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'ex2.xml';
$parser = Console_CommandLine::fromXmlFile($xmlfile);


// run the parser
try {
    $result = $parser->parse();
    // todo: your program here ;)
    print_r($result->options);
    print_r($result->args);
} catch (Exception $exc) {
    $parser->displayError($exc->getMessage());
}
?>