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Bug #50244 getopt() does not reset
Submitted: 2009-11-20 14:37 UTC Modified: 2010-11-24 13:01 UTC
From: craig dot marvelley at boxuk dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 5.3.3 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-11-20 14:37 UTC] craig dot marvelley at boxuk dot com
Description:
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A bug that has been reported and fixed in the past regarding getopt not 
resetting after being called once has resurfaced.

Here's the original bug: http://bonsai.php.net/bug.php?id=29714

The same behaviour is happening in 5.3.1 - once getopt has been called, 
subsequent calls ignore options not included in the original call.



Reproduce code:
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> php test.php -d hello -b world

<?php
$options = getopt("d:");
print_r($options);

$options = getopt("b:");
print_r($options);

Expected result:
----------------
Array 
(
    [d] => hello
)

Array 
(
    [b] => world
)

Actual result:
--------------
Array 
(
    [d] => hello
)

Array 
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 [2010-10-18 20:34 UTC] alexc223 at googlemail dot com
I can also confirm this on PHP 5.3.3
 [2010-11-24 12:32 UTC] jani@php.net
-Type: Feature/Change Request +Type: Bug -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues -Operating System: Windows XP +Operating System: * -PHP Version: 5.3.1 +PHP Version: 5.3.3
 [2010-11-24 13:01 UTC] jani@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 [2010-11-24 13:01 UTC] jani@php.net
It's not about resetting, it's about how getopt() works:

From the manual: "Note: The parsing of options will end at the first non-option found, anything that follows is discarded."

Your second call encounters the passed '-d hello' which you have specified as not being included in the args, thus it's an error.
 
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