Class ConsoleInputOption
An object to represent a single option used in the command line. ConsoleOptionParser creates these when you use addOption()
Package: Cake\Console
See: ConsoleOptionParser::addOption()
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/Console/ConsoleInputOption.php
See: ConsoleOptionParser::addOption()
Copyright: Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
License: License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
Location: Cake/Console/ConsoleInputOption.php
Properties summary
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$_booleanprotectedbooleanIs the option a boolean option. Boolean options do not consume a parameter. -
$_choicesprotectedarrayAn array of choices for the option. -
$_defaultprotectedmixedDefault value for the option -
$_helpprotectedstringHelp text for the option. -
$_nameprotectedstringName of the option -
$_shortprotectedstringShort (1 character) alias for the option.
Method Summary
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__construct() public
Make a new Input Option -
defaultValue() public
Get the default value for this option -
help() public
Generate the help for this this option. -
isBoolean() public
Check if this option is a boolean option -
name() public
Get the value of the name attribute. -
short() public
Get the value of the short attribute. -
usage() public
Get the usage value for this option -
validChoice() public
Check that a value is a valid choice for this option. -
xml() public
Append the option's xml into the parent.
Method Detail
__construct() public ¶
__construct( mixed $name , string $short = null , string $help = '' , boolean $boolean = false , string $default = '' , array $choices = array() )
Make a new Input Option
Parameters
- mixed $name
- The long name of the option, or an array with all the properties.
- string $short optional null
- The short alias for this option
- string $help optional ''
- The help text for this option
- boolean $boolean optional false
- Whether this option is a boolean option. Boolean options don't consume extra tokens
- string $default optional ''
- The default value for this option.
- array $choices optional array()
- Valid choices for this option.
Throws
help() public ¶
help( integer $width = 0 )
Generate the help for this this option.
Parameters
- integer $width optional 0
- The width to make the name of the option.
Returns
string
short() public ¶
short( )
Get the value of the short attribute.
Returns
string
Value of this->_short.
Value of this->_short.
validChoice() public ¶
validChoice( string $value )
Check that a value is a valid choice for this option.
Parameters
- string $value
Returns
boolean