Changelog:

• add php 8.0 to compatibility list in composer.json
• use the latest phpunit versions available for the php version (#175)

Changelog:

• fix ArrayAccess signature compatibility in php 8.1 (mixed return value; see #171)

Changelog:

• drop support for php 5.x and add support for php 8
• run tests on php 7.x and php 8 on gitlab-ci
• add type declarations for parameters
• add link to github versions in old changelog
• fix return type declarations

Version 3.4

This might be the last version 3 version as we might get rid of the php 5.x compatibility.

Changelog:

• compaitibly to php 7.4 #161 and #162
• updated phpdoc comments #159
• allow command names to have spaces #150

Changelog

• accept option arguments starting with a hypen when argument is required

Features:

• php 5.3 support dropped (solves #72)
• moved to neutral namespace GetOpt
• classname changed to GetOpt
• second parameter for constructor got array of settings (use GetOpt::SETTING_* constants)
• argument constants changed to string :*Arg
• parse options after operands (gnu compatibility; solves #39)
• added GetOpt::MULTIPLE_ARGUMENT for parameter aggregation (solves #57)
• implemented Command for kinda routing in console applications (solves #41)
• implemented Operand for named operands and validation (solves #27)
• added strict modes for strict operand and parameter matches (default is true for options) (solves #14)
• added HelpInterface for custom help implementations
• refactored GetOpt::getHelpText() for better support of other features and customization
• default help class uses templates

Bugfixes:

• GetOpt::count() returns the wrong value (solves #70)

Features:

• move documentation to master branch
• added badges to readme

Features:

• don't show options when there are no options configured
• allow arguments in quotes (allows single quote in double quote and vice versa)
• get script name from argv[0] when parsing arguments from array or string
• add method to set script name manually
• support for php 7.1

Features:

• Optional argument descriptions (courtesy of @sabl0r)

Bugfixes:

• Passing a single hyphen as an option value works now (courtesy of @tistre)

Features:

• Added method to customize the help message (courtesy of @mfn)
• Option now has a static create method for call chaining in PHP 5.3 (courtesy of @kamermans)

Features:

• Added setters for default values and validation to Option

Features:

• Argument validation (courtesy of @jochenvdv)

Bugfixes:

• Long options are required to be longer than 1 character
• Passing duplicate option names to the constructor is forbidden by default

Features:

• Options can be numeric (courtesy of @patinthehat)
• Additional convenience methods for working with operands (ditto)

Features:

• Default values for options
• ArrayAccess, Countable and Traversable support
• Can set program name to enhance help message (courtesy of @misterion)

Features:

• Allow passing incomplete option arrays

Features:

• Added help text printing functionality

Bugfixes:

• Fixed passing a mandatory argument to the last in a sequence of collapsed short options

Bugfixes:

• Fixed bug where '0' could not be passed as an option value