Symfony2 console command arguments vs options when to use what

Question

I would like to know of any guidelines to use input argument vs input options for passing in data to the symfony console command. http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console/introduction.html I think arguments are to be used when the passed data is required for the command to execute, else use options. Can you guys throw more light on this? What's the standard ?

Accepted Answer

I would suggest use Arguments when You want to specify excecution-required values, like:

```
bin/console vendor:delete-entity 120
```

but not

```
bin/console vendor:delete-entity --id=120
```

You can use Options, when You want to alter the default execution scenario, like:

```
bin/console vendor:delete-entity 120 --dump-sql
```

or

```
bin/console vendor:bulk-create something --batch-size=100
```

Symfony2 console command arguments vs options when to use what

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