## 3.0.0 (alpha)

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)

## 2.4.3 (2017-07-02)

Features:
* move documentation to master branch
* added badges to readme

## 2.4.2 (2017-07-01)

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

## 2.3.0 (2015-03-28)

Features:
* Optional argument descriptions (courtesy of @sabl0r)

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


## 2.2.0 (2014-09-13)

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)


## 2.1.0 (2014-02-28)

Features:
* Added setters for default values and validation to Option


## 2.0.0 (2014-01-30)

Features:
* Argument validation (courtesy of @jochenvdv)


## 2.0.0-RC.1 (2014-01-17)

Changes:
* Namespace is now Ulrichsg\GetOpt
* Public API has been cleaned up, please refer to the documentation


## 1.4.1 (2013-12-13)

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


## 1.4.0 (2013-12-13)

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


## 1.3.0 (2013-12-07)

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


## 1.2.0 (2013-11-14)

Features:
* Allow passing incomplete option arrays


## 1.1.0 (2013-06-19)

Features:
* Added help text printing functionality

Bugfixes:
* Fixed passing a mandatory argument to the last in a sequence of collapsed short options


## 1.0.1 (2012-05-20)

Bugfixes:
* Fixed bug where '0' could not be passed as an option value