v0.2.1 - usage function, better erron handling; a bit more option parsing; fix run with empty JSON options; added more excluded files; changed excluded parsing; a bit more error messages; added PHP hashbang and made file executable

dir2json.php

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //   > php dir2json.php --help
 // ------------------------------------------------------
 
-$DIR2JSON = '0.2.0';
+$DIR2JSON = '0.2.1';
 
 function dir2json($dir)
 {
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ function dir2json($dir)
     return $dirList;    
 }
 
+function usage($str='', $ret=2) {
+	if (!empty($str)) echo $str."\n";
+	echo "For help, try:\n  ./dir2json.php -h\n";
+	exit($ret);
+}
+
 // Long and short help opts
 $param = isset($argv[1]) ? $argv[1] : '';
 if ($param === "-h" || $param === "--help")
@@ -93,21 +99,19 @@ $jsonOptions  = empty($jsonOptions) ? 0 : constant($jsonOptions);
 
 // If we have a folder to read
 if (!is_dir($targetFolder)) {
-    echo "Cannot open folder $targetFolder\n";
-    exit(2);
+	if (empty($targetFolder)) $targetFolder = '(empty)';
+	usage("Cannot open folder $targetFolder", 2);
 }
 
 // If we have an output file name
 if (empty($outputFile)) {
-    echo "Need a valid output file name (empty)\n";
-    exit(3);
+	usage("Need a valid output file name (empty)", 3);
 }
 
 $arr  = dir2json($targetFolder);
 $json = json_encode($arr, $jsonOptions);
 if (!file_put_contents($outputFile, $json)) {
-    echo "Could not save output file: $outputFile\n";
-    exit(4);
+	usage("Could not save output file: $outputFile", 4);
 }
 
 exit(0);