Parsing command arguments in PHP

Question

Is there a native \"PHP way\" to parse command arguments from a string? For example, given the following string:

foo \"bar \\\"baz         


        

Answer 1

I wrote some packages for console interactions:

Arguments parsing

There is a package that does the whole arguments parsing thing weew/php-console-arguments

Example:

$parser = new ArgumentsParser();
$args = $parser->parse('command:name arg1 arg2 --flag="custom \"value" -f="1+1=2" -vvv');

$args will be an array:

['command:name', 'arg1', 'arg2', '--flag', 'custom "value', '-f', '1+1=2', '-v', '-v', '-v']

Arguments can be grouped:

$args = $parser->group($args);

$args will become:

['arguments' => ['command:name', 'arg1', 'arg2'], 'options' => ['--flag' => 1, '-f' => 1, '-v' => 1], '--flag' => ['custom "value'], '-f' => ['1+1=2'], '-v' => []]

It can do much more, just check the readme.

Output styling

You might need a package for output styling weew/php-console-formatter

Console application

Packages above can be used standalone or in combination with a fancy console application skeleton weew/php-console

Note: This solutions are not native but might still be useful to some people.