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function parseOptions($array)

{

  //parse command line options into associative

  //array so that each option that starts with

  //'-' is name and the next item is array of values

  //

  $len=sizeof($array);

  $currentName="";

  $options=array();

  for ($i = 1; $i < $len; $i++) {

    $name=$array[$i];

    if(strpos($name,"-")===0)

    {

      //is option

      $name=str_replace("-","",$name);      

      $currentName=$name;

      if($options[$currentName]==NULL)

      {

        $options[$currentName]=array();          

      }

    }

    else

    {

      $values=$options[$currentName];

      array_push($values,$name);    

      $options[$currentName]=$values;

    }

  }

  return $options;

}