WP_CLI

Completions::get_command │ private │ WP-CLI 1.0

Get the specific WP-CLI command that is being referenced.

Method of the class: Completions{}

No Hooks.

Returns

Array|Mixed. Array with command and arguments, or error result if command detection failed.

Usage

// private - for code of main (parent) class only
$result = $this->get_command( $words );
$words(array) (required)
Individual input line words.

Completions::get_command() code WP-CLI 2.13.0-alpha

wp-cli/php/WP_CLI/Completions.php 
private function get_command( $words ) {
	$positional_args = [];
	$assoc_args      = [];

	# Avoid having to polyfill array_key_last().
	end( $words );
	$last_arg_i = key( $words );
	foreach ( $words as $i => $arg ) {
		if ( preg_match( '|^--([^=]+)(=?)|', $arg, $matches ) ) {
			if ( $i === $last_arg_i && '' === $matches[2] ) {
				continue;
			}
			$assoc_args[ $matches[1] ] = true;
		} else {
			$positional_args[] = $arg;
		}
	}

	$r = WP_CLI::get_runner()->find_command_to_run( $positional_args );
	if ( ! is_array( $r ) && array_pop( $positional_args ) === $this->cur_word ) {
		$r = WP_CLI::get_runner()->find_command_to_run( $positional_args );
	}

	if ( ! is_array( $r ) ) {
		return $r;
	}

	list( $command, $args ) = $r;

	return [ $command, $args, $assoc_args ];
}