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Heroes of Newerth is a 3D fantasy MMO with team based, competitive gameplay. Inspired by DotA, Heroes of Newerth allows players to chose from a large rooster of heroes and battle it out as part of the Legion or the Hellbourne.
Publisher: S2 Games
Playerbase: High
Graphics: High Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Slow
PvP: Open World / War Fronts
Filesize: 569 MB
Pros: +Thrilling team-oriented, skill-based gameplay. +Many heroes to choose from. +In-game guides and tutorials. +Interesting, well-furnished money store. +Monthly release of new content. +Complete, extensive tutorial.
Cons: -Competitive style not for everyone. –Limited selection of maps. –Considerable learning curve. –Temperamental players can, and do ruin games.
Heroes of Newerth Overview
Originally based on the Warcraft 3 custom map Defense of the Ancients, Heroes of Newerth has its ties divided between its map predecessor, and S2 Games' previous series of games called Savage who's universe Heroes of Newerth is set in. Extremely competitive and community oriented, Heroes of Newerth provides a refined and polished experience destined to keep players entertained for many a sleepless nights. With a great diversity of characters spread over two factions (Legion & Hellbourne) and three categories (Strength, Agility & Intelligence), many of which require different play styles and skill sets, this is a game that ultimately rewards a player's mastery over his character, and his capacity to use this character in conjunction with his team mates'. If you enjoy a bit of challenge, you should not miss this one.
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In ye ole' days when "free to play" was more likely referring to newgrounds flash games than fully developed products, Warcraft 3 held one of the top seats on the most-played games list, partly due to this little mini-game called DotA. Most likely you've heard of this, but if you haven't, the principle is simple; two bases send equal amounts of warriors at each other in an automated manner, and the players pick one of many heroes, killing these warriors, gaining experience, buying items and essentially powering up until one team is strong enough to break the status quo, and push all the way to the other team's base in order to destroy it and thus win. The concept was fun, simple, and most importantly, extremely popular. However, it wasn't until Heroes of Newerth that this idea reached the game market in any successful manner. Released at first for the meager sum of 30$, Heroes of Newerth at last turned free to play in summer 2011. The question is; does it manage to keep the experience entertaining through the free-to-play transition?
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Heroes of Newerth lets you enter the role of a member of the alliance of the previous games two opposing forces (Legion and Beasts), or as the Hellbourne, an invading force of demonic and other fellows of doubtable repute as you duke it out over a handful of maps, but most likely, Forest of Caldavar, the traditional DotA style, community favorite map. It all functions exactly like the Defense of the Ancients described above, albeit with a bit more of complexity. You start out in the very complete menu interface, where you either get to play through matchmaking or by joining a custom, listed game. This is also the place where you get to check your stats, the Herodex and the store, but more on that later. Custom games have up to 4 playable maps, while matchmaking only has two. Most games turn out to be 5v5, but 3v3 is the second most popular, usually played on Grimm's Crossing. There is a fair amount of modes, such as All Pick, All Random, Single Draft, Banning Draft, etc. most of which are centered on which hero you pick. This is a fairly important phase too, as which characters your team picks and how they synergize can very easily make the difference between victory and defeat, and let me tell you, the hero selection is not only huge, but also constantly growing. The downside however, is that unless you've purchased the heroes for use, only a limited amount of them are unlocked on a rotation each week. Once that's done however, the fun starts.
Roll The Dice!
Games generally play out over anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour, informally divided as early game, mid-game and late game. This is fairly important, as some heroes are specifically designed to excel in one of those over the others. For an example, intelligence heroes will excel in early and mid-game, using powerful non-scaling spells to slam their opponents into submission, while agility heroes specialize in late-game, and whose role is specifically to carry their team to victory after the 30 minutes mark, which they could not do earlier due to their fragility. Gameplay can generally get quite complex, and most players can expect to lose the majority of their early games. Those who do not enjoy this style of play will find out very quickly whether this is for them, as they are immediately put face to face with the learning curve and simultaneously the pressure to perform. Your performance depends directly on what kind of items you build, and your capacity to use your abilities at the right time, and the right place. Thankfully, Heroes of Newerth comes with a fairly complete tutorial geared at explaining the basics, like denying (killing your own creeps to deny the enemy money) and last hitting (in order to get money). Even more helpful is the presence of in-game character and item guides, written and approved by the community. A quick trip to the game's forums can also explain more advanced concepts like juking, creep pulling and backdooring.
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In the end however, the learning curve remains, and this is partly what contributes to Heroes of Newerth being such a competitive experience. Team members are constantly pressured to succeed, and indeed the presence of a weak link can drag an entire team down. Kills and victories are thrilling and rewarding, with buyable announcer packs sending a variety of taunting one-liners, including one voiced by Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St. John. After every game, you earn a certain amount of experience (mostly used as a measure of gameplay time), PSR (Skill rating, for bragging and matchmaking) and most importantly; silver coins, which lets you buy from the in-game store. The after-game screen lets you see just about everything you'd want to know; ranging from kill rate, to gold acquired, and even the amount of actions you did per minute. It also makes your replay available to be downloaded by yourself and the public for a certain amount of time afterwards. You can also check out your own long-term statistics! There is most definitely a lot of information that can be checked concerning game details and performance. Unfortunately, you might notice at this point that a few important features are restricted to verified accounts (Level 5 or higher, or has purchased something from the store), such as the ability to report griefing players. Similarly, you'll find out that there are game modes you cannot play unless you have purchased a special access pass from the store. This is a very small downside, though it does lead us to…
The Goblin Store
The money store. Yes, it's chock full of very neat stuff. And the best part is that to get the majority of it, you don't even need to spend real money, you can use your silver coins. That said, purchasing in-game currency (gold coins) is more time efficient and lets you get more stuff than you would otherwise. The store contains a truckload of vanity goodies, ranging from name colors, name icons, stat resets, to new models for heroes, new voice sets, new couriers and even new in-game announcers. There are some amazingly hilarious buys, with famous ones such as pimp Witch Hunter, leprechaun Blacksmith, or even a flying pig to courier your items around. You'll also find a bundle section with a fair amount of rotating deals available, including holiday deals, when special skins are unlocked for purchase (Giant easter bearwolf with carrots for claws anyone?). This is also the section where you can unlock individual heroes to add to your collection. The downside with it all is that it does not come cheap if you are using gold. At the time of writing this, 10$ is about 450 gold pieces, which lets you unlock two heroes, one skin, or a cheap name color. Announcers range from 560 to 980 gold pieces, whereas bundles are more likely to hang around the 1,300ish price tag. Few things in this store come cheap, but the advantage is the selection available to you. Is it a deal breaker? Not at all, and players can fortunately not acquire any sort of in-game advantage through the store (Unless you consider Duke Nuken's voice a tactical advantage).
Final Verdict: Great
Heroes of Newerth is great, and just one tip-toe away from being excellent. All that holds it back is its learning curve, limited maps and the occasional glitch. That said, it's an amazing experience that successfully combines RPG and Strategy elements into a successful, addicting product. It has created around it a solid, competitive community, and as a Savage fan, I am proud to see Heroes of Newerth carry the series forward. If you have not tried it yet, there never was a better time!
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Heroes of Newerth System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: 2.2GHz Pentium 4 / AMD 2400+
HDD: 1 GB free
Graphics Card: GeForce 5 / ATI 9800
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Heroes of Newerth Articles
- Winter has returned: Grimm's Crossing Rejoins Heroes of Newerth - Posted on November 19, 2014
Fans of the popular MOBA, Heroes of Newerth, can let out a collective sigh of relief, as today the team announced that its snow covered, three vs. three map, Grimm's Crossing, has returned.
- HoN Tour Arrives at Season's Midway Point - Posted on October 21, 2014
The Heroes of Newerth´s team today announced that HoN Tour, its biggest eSports event of the year, has reached the season´s midpoint. So far the ongoing tournament has wrapped up four cycles, awarding winning competitors with more than $120,000.
- Finalists for Heroes of Newerth´s Community Map Contest Announced - Posted on October 14, 2014
The Heroes of Newerth team today announced finalists for its $10,000 community map-making contest, Sol´s Theatre. Maps were selected by the community after a week of open polling was hosted on the contest´s site.
- Heroes of Newerth: Tour Season 3 Announced - Posted on July 16, 2014
The Heroes of Newerth team today announced that beginning July 26, Newerth will kick-off its biggest eSports event of the year, Hontour: Season 3. Over the course of seven months the campaign will pit some of the finest amateur and pro players in the world against one another as they duke it out for a continuously growing $70,000 prize pool.
- Heroes of Newerth Announces $10,000 Map Making Contest - Posted on July 9, 2014
Heroes of Newerth announces Sol's Theatre, a $10,000 community map-making contest for the newest community map to arrive in HoN.


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1) You failed to factor in block rating, and you acknowledge this. Is this intentional because you are looking at real avoidance as opposed to an avoidance/mitigation hybrid? It just seems odd to me to compare the two stats without including block.
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The first and most critical thing I can suggest is to enchant your gear. This is absolutely essential for anyone who wants to raid. It doesn't look like you've even started getting your Sons of Hodir rep up - this is absolutely essential for the shoulder enchant so make unlocking the dailies and getting it to exalted a matter of top priority. The dailies are actually quite fun and give you a nice bit of gold for your trouble so it's worth doing them.
Second thing is to level your professions. By not having Blacksmithing sockets and not having Mining maxed out you're missing out on 120 Stamina! For a Paladin that's about 1,500 health or so that you're not currently getting. It's vitally important to have your professions levelled to maximise your character's potential.
For the rest of your enchants, you need Frosthide Leg Armor on legs and 22 Stamina on boots. Your other slots have some options depending on what you need. For cloak, one of Titanweave, Major Agility or Mighty Armor. For gloves you want Armsman (only if you have low threat), Major Agility, Precision or a Heavy Borean Armor Kit. Finally for your weapon, Accuracy (threat), Exceptional Agility (always there avoidance), Mongoose (high avoidance on proc), Blood Draining (a little survivability) or Blade Ward (I don't like this one, but it adds avoidance on proc).
Gear upgrades-wise, you can get Platinum Mesh Cloak for Emblems of Valor (trade down your Emblems of Conquest) which will serve you well for a long time. You can also get Shieldwarder Girdle, Kyzoc's Ground Stompers and Bracers of Dalaran's Parapets, all of which represent nice upgrades. You may also want to run Azjol Nerub Heroic for Essence of Gossamer so you're ready to go with dual Stam trinkets as soon as your Defense is high enough (not a lot of Def on early Naxx gear though, so it may be a little while before you can, especially with Mark of the Relentless).
As for your Glyphs, you want Glyph of Seal of Vengeance there for threat - it is absolutely the best option here in that regard. Keep Glyph of Divine Plea. Finally Glyph of Judgement for single-target threat or Glyph of Hammer of the Righteous if you're tanking groups of mobs. Given that you're mainly in Naxx, HotR might be worth keeping until you get to Ulduar. You also want to pick up Glyph of Lay on Hands (reduced cooldown on your extra life :P) and Glyph of Sense Undead for added damage/threat against Undead mobs (ie. all of Naxx).
Your spec is okay, but given that most of Naxx is Undead, you'll get much higher threat from a 0/53/18 build that goes down to 3/3 Crusade. By going this way you also get 2/2 Persuit of Justice for run speed and 2/2 Vindication for a strong auto-applied debuff on bosses that will mean you take less incoming damage. This is the build I use personally: Talent Calculator - World of Warcraft.
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Set 1: Runaway Jim, Foam, Mexican Cousin, Ocelot, Sugar Shack, ASIHTOSA Song I Heard the Ocean Sing, Halfway to the Moon, GinBathtub Gin > Free, WotCWalls of the Cave
Set 2: CDTChalk Dust Torture[1] > Piper > ThemeTheme From the Bottom > Wombat, BowieDavid Bowie, The Line, YEMYou Enjoy Myself[2]
Encore: MomaThe Moma Dance > SlaveSlave to the Traffic Light
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Trey used his megaphone siren; all four band members were on percussion.
· Rhapsody in Blue tease in Halfway to the Moon
· The Load-Out tease
· Martian Monster quote in Free
· Martian Monster quote in Walls of the Cave
· Martian Monster quote in David Bowie
· Martian Monster quote in You Enjoy Myself
· The Wedge tease in Chalk Dust Torture
Notes: Mexican Cousin was played for the first time since June 19, 2012 (110 shows). Page teased Rhapsody In Blue at the end of Halfway to the Moon. Free, Walls of the Cave, Bowie, and the YEM vocal jam contained Martian Monster quotes. Chalk Dust was unfinished and ended with Fish teasing The Wedge. Toward the end of the YEM jam, Trey picked up his megaphone and began using the siren on it as he ran around the stage. Mike joined him, and Trey held the megaphone up to Mike's bass. Mike then began playing his fight bell with drum sticks while Trey went to the drums and played along with Fish. Finally, Mike and Page joined in, so that all four were playing on Fish's kit. After Page thanked the audience and crew, Mike teased The Load-Out.
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MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Set 1: Fuego, My Soul, BOTTBack on the Train, 555, Dog Faced Boy, FYFFuck Your Face, Horn > Frankie Says > My FriendMy Friend, My Friend, RosesRoses Are Free, Roggae, BOAFBirds of a Feather, Wingsuit
Set 2: Possum, C&PCrosseyed and Painless > Light -> The Dogs -> Lengthwise > Twist > Velvet SeaWading in the Velvet Sea > HoodHarry Hood > GolgiGolgi Apparatus > BDTNLBackwards Down the Number Line
Encore: Waiting All Night, Sing Monica, Star Spangled BannerThe Star Spangled Banner
· The Birds tease & quote in Birds of a Feather
· Your Pet Cat, Lengthwise, Manteca, and Smoke on the Water teases in Twist
Notes: Dog Faced Boy was played for the first time since June 8, 2011 (144 shows). Birds of a Feather contained teases and quotes from The Birds. Twist contained Lengthwise quotes, Manteca teases and quotes, a Smoke on the Water tease and Your Pet Cat teases.
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Friday, 10/31/2014
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Set 1: Buried Alive > Ghost > SOAMuleScent of a Mule, SampleSample in a Jar > Reba, 46 Days, BBFCFMBig Black Furry Creature from Mars, Lawn Boy[1], Saw It Again > Tube > Wolfman'sWolfman's Brother
Set 2: Intro[2], The Haunted House[2], The Very Long Fuse[2], The Dogs[2], Timber[2], Your Pet Cat[2], Shipwreck[2], The Unsafe Bridge[2], The Chinese Water Torture[2], The Birds[2], Martian Monster[2]
Set 3: PYITEPunch You In the Eye > Golden Age > Tweezer -> Heavy Things, Guyute, Sand -> TweepriseTweezer Reprise
Encore: Is This What You Wanted[3], Frankenstein[4]
[1] Fish drum solo.
[2] Debut.
[3] Phish debut.
[4] Page on keytar.
· Saw It Again tease in Tube
· San-Ho-Zay tease in Wolfman's Brother
· School's Out tease in Sand
Notes: The backdrop on the stage at the start of the show was a large gate adorned with a "P." During Lawn Boy, Page introduced Mike as "Michael Gordleone" and Fish took a drum solo. Trey teased Saw It Again during Tube and San-Ho-Zay during Wolfman's. The musical costume was a set of original, mostly instrumental music played with the sound effects and narration of the 1964 Disneyland album Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House. Prior to the start of Set II, the stage was cleared of all band equipment, and a graveyard set was brought out. At the start of the set, smoke filled the stage, and zombies appeared behind the gate. When the gate opened, a large haunted house with the band inside was brought to the front of the stage. The sound effects and narration were played on the PA, while an undead narrator would emerge from a crypt inscribed with "ESTHER" prior to each song for the introduction. At the end of The Fuse, the sides of the house came down while sounds of an explosion were heard, and the band was revealed inside, dressed in white tuxedoes and with zombie face paint. Several zombies came to the front of the stage and danced during Martian Monster. At the conclusion of the set, the band members came down from the Haunted House riser, slowly walked to the front of the stage, and took bows, along with the entire cast of zombies. All songs during the second set were debuts, with the titles taken from the first ten tracks of Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House. Sand contained a tease by Trey of School's Out. Is This What You Wanted was a Phish debut. Page performed Frankenstein on keytar, which was played for the first time since July 1, 2012 (100 shows).
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How often do you hear the phrase "That's so gay," on your school campus? Though this casual language is usually said without thought by straight teens, the effects can be negative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) classmates. It creates a learning environment where they feel disrespected, unwanted, and unsafe.
The ThinkB4YouSpeak campaign, sponsored by the Gay Straight Lesbian Education Network (GLSEN), aims to raise awareness among straight teens about the pervasiveness and impact of the prejudice their LGBT classmates face at school. Its ultimate goal is to stamp out use of homophobic language to create a more positive school environment for all teens.
GLSEN, a national education organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students, has created an educator's guide with six activities for middle and high school teachers. Activities include "Where Do I Stand?," "Breaking the Habit, " and "From Bystander to Ally."
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GLSEN and The Ad Council have created a national PSA campaign of print, TV, and radio ads to call attention to anti-LGBT language used at school. The ads not only point out how ridiculous the slurs are, but also how hurtful it is to LGBT teens. Simply said: Knock it off. Think before you speak.Share the "That's So Gay" video featuring Wanda Sykes with your students.
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In recent months I've reviewed several compact, portable Bluetooth speakers and the list of
While it wasn't without a few glitches, its striking design, strong sound for its size, and some extra features, such as tap-to-pair NFC (for smartphones like the
Overall, I found the 10.9-ounce Pill, which comes in three colors (black, red, white) to be one of the better-designed mini portable Bluetooth speakers out there. It's slightly bigger and heavier than the Jambox and I liked its cylindrical shape -- it fits nicely in hand. The product ships with a quality carrying case and the Pill stows away in your luggage or backpack easily enough. It's a little bulky for laptop bags, though it'll fit fine so long as you're not toting around too much stuff the way I typically do.
Not surprisingly, the bottom of the unit is rubberized to help keep it from moving around when you crank the volume and fire up a bass-heavy track. In my tests, it stayed in one place even at higher volumes.
As noted, the Pill has a couple of extra features. Like the Jambox and the
The aforementioned tap-to-pair NFC feature, which I tried with a Samsung Galaxy S3, sounds better than it really is because it only saves you a few seconds of setup time, if that.
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I'm picking on the Techcrunch story headlined In Europe, Spotify Royalties Overtake iTunes Earnings By 13%, but Techcrunch isn't the only one to get this story a little wrong. Here's what the story says:
Kobalt, a company that helps collect music royalties on behalf of thousands of artists — including "half of this week's Billboard Top 10″ and musicians like Maroon 5, Lenny Kravitz, Dave Grohl, Max Martin, Bob Dylan, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — says that in the last quarter in Europe, revenues from Spotify streams were 13% higher on average than revenues from Apple's iTunes for its customers.
To understand why this is misleading, you need to understand a little bit about the way musicians get paid. Royalty payments for songs, whether bought or streamed, consist of two parts: publishing royalties, paid to the writer of the song (or the owner of the song rights); and royalties which go to owners of the master recording (usually a record company, although in some cases this may be the artist too).
Kobalt, remember, is a company which collects on behalf of songwriters – effectively, a more modern form of music publisher, where the writer retains ownership of their work. It only collects and distributes that portion of the money owned, not the larger amount which goes to the record label and which then trickles down to the artist.
When a song is bought and permanently download, Apple takes its 30%. Apple then sends a separate royalty (8% of gross revenue in the UK) to a local collection agency, such as PRS in the UK or GEMA in Germany. The society then splits this money two ways, between the "mechanical royalty" and the "performance royalty" (in the UK, the split is 75% mechanical, 25% performance for a download, but 50/50 for a stream). The reason for this split is a bit arcane, and not really relevant to this discussion, but it goes to show how Byzantine the whole business of royalties is.
That leaves about 60p on a 99p download, which goes to the record company (the owner of the copyright of the work). Artists usually receive between 10–20% of this as a royalty from the record company. Say you're an artist with a good lawyer negotiating for you and this is 20% – you just earned 12p for your song. Whoopie!
If you wrote the song too, you'll eventually get back another 8% of the gross – say about 6p – for your writing skills. So, you'll make a total of about 18p for your single song download. Minus, of course, whatever advance you got from your record company when you signed, which probably puts you into debt.
When a song is streamed on Spotify, things are different and if anything even more complex, because although with iTunes you get paid roughly the same amount per download, with Spotify you don't get paid the same amount per-stream.
To work out how much to pay an artist, Spotify first works out its total monthly revenue. It then works out how popular an artist is, dividing their total streams by the total number of streams for all artists. This gives their "market share" – the percentage of Spotify's revenue (after it deducts its margin) which they should get paid.
Spotify takes a cut of about 30%, leaving approximately 70% of Spotify's revenue to be split between the owners of the copyright of the recording (usually a record company) and the writers of the song (usually in the form of their publishing company). The proportion of the split between record company and publisher is set by negotiation between record company, rights collection agency, Spotify and (sometimes) local laws. In the US, for example, the percentage which publishers get is around 21% of whatever the label gets.
How much does our hypothetical artist get from Spotify, then? The answer is "we just don't know" – and, on a month by month basis, neither will he. The split between record company and publisher isn't known, and without knowing the percentage of gross revenue which PRS, GEMA, etc have negotiated with Spotify, it's impossible to make a direct comparison between the money a songwriter earns from a download and from Spotify.
But there's more. But remember Spotify's revenue bears only a loose relationship to the total number of streams it plays. If the company upgrades a lot of people to subscribers, revenue increases. Likewise, if the price of advertising per play goes up, so does their revenue (without any increase in songs streamed). If Spotify streams more songs to non-subscribers, its inventory (the number of ad spots it has available to sell) will go up – but that doesn't mean its revenue goes up, because it may not be able to fill all the ads.
Let's look at an example. In January, let's say that Spotify's revenue was £100m, thanks to a load of subscribers and some great ad selling. And it streamed a total of 100m streams. 70% of that revenue – £70m – goes to the artists, and I, Justin Bieber, account for 10% of all Spotify plays (10m streams), so get £7m. Champagne all round!
In February, the costs per ad played go down a bit and Spotify revenues are only £80m, which means £56m goes to the artists. Plays hold up, though, and I, Justin, still end up with 10m streams. However, this month, 10m streams only gets me £5.6m. WTF? How can I afford my new Mercedes?
In March, things look up for Spotify, and it's back to £100m revenue. And, even better, the number of streams has grown to a massive 120m. Justin's still hugely popular, with a steady 10m streams. However, this month that 10m only amounts to 6.6% of total streams, so I'm getting £6.6m. WTF? This is crazy! How can I afford my new penthouse apartment?
For a download, the amount which ends up in the artists' hands is relatively easy to work out and based on how many copies that artist sells. With Spotify, the percentages are unknown, and the number of streams of your work could easily go up while the amount of cash you get at the end of the month goes down, or vice versa.
There's no doubt that streaming is growing and downloads are shrinking. But Kobalt's numbers, based as they are on just the revenues going to song writers, don't mean that the total amount being paid to artists by Spotify is now greater than iTunes. There's too many variables and too many unknowns to make that simplistic conclusion.


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Zend_Console_Getopt is an object-oriented component to parse command-line options for PHP scripts. This is not typically required for web applications, but it can be useful for scripts called at the command-line.
Zend Framework: Zend_Console_Getopt Component Proposal
Proposed Component Name
Developer Notes
Bill Karwin
0.1 - Draft proposal (wiki revision: 10)
Table of Contents
1. Overview
2. References
3. Component Requirements, Constraints, and Acceptance Criteria
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Zend_Console_Getopt is an object-oriented component to parse command-line options for PHP scripts. This is not typically required for web applications, but it can be useful for scripts called at the command-line.
Zend_Console_Getopt is an object-oriented component to parse command-line options for PHP scripts. This is not typically required for web applications, but it can be useful for scripts called at the command-line.
4. Dependencies on Other Framework Components
- Zend_Exception
5. Theory of Operation
Provide an object-oriented interface to allow application developers to specify options for a given application, and arguments from the command-line of the current invocation of the application. Presence and value of individual options are provided as magic object attributes, e.g. "$opts->optionname".
The result of this attribute is the value of the option's parameter, if any. Otherwise a true value is returned if the option takes no parameter but was given on the command-line.
Specifying options is done with a declarative syntax that defines one or more synonyms for an option, any parameters that may be given to the option, and a help string for the option. For example:
This means that --apple and -a are synonyms, and take no parameter. --banana and -b are synonyms, and take no parameter. --pear and -p are synonyms, and require (=) a string (s) parameter. Each of these rules is a key in an associative array, the values of which are the help strings for the respective option.
Any of the synonyms can be used as the magic object attributes. "$opts->apple" and "$opts->a" return the same result.
A shorter declarative syntax compatible with GNU getopt is supported. The GNU getopt short syntax supports only single-letter option names, only required string parameters, and no support for declaring help strings (though help strings can be added).
The object generates a usage text message, formatted for text output in case the user gives incorrect option arguments, or requests the usage help for reference. Help messages can be added to the GNU getopt short syntax with the addHelp() method (see use case later in this proposal).
Resolving the parsing of command-line arguments and validating them against the option rules declaration is done in a "lazy" fashion. That is, the parsing is not done until an object attribute is requested, or alternatively when the object method parse() is called directly. The lazy parsing step allows the application programmer to add more option rules, more arguments, and more help strings before the parsing is done (the parsing may generate exceptions, so it's useful to delay it until all rules, argument data, and help strings have been established).
6. Milestones / Tasks
Milestone 1: Working prototype checked into incubator
Milestone 2: Community & Zend Core team review
Milestone 3: Code & test review
Milestone 4: Write full documentation
Milestone 5: Approve and move to core library
7. Class Index
- Zend_Console_Getopt
- Zend_Console_Getopt_Exception
8. Use Cases
In these use-cases, an artificial ARGV array is passed to the constructor of Zend_Console_Getopt. In practice, the arguments come from the script's command-line argument array.
Parsing short options
Parsing long options
Handling user errors
Notice in the above example that querying the 'apple' option caused all options to be parsed, thus generating the exception regarding the incorrect usage of the 'pear' option.
Adding option rules
Adding arguments
Adding help messages and getting the usage message
Adding synonyms (aliases)
Dumping options as a string
Dumping options as Json
Dumping options as XML
9. Class Skeletons
Nov 25, 2006

Nice one,

I gonna using it, I've started to write a lite administration console (running on lighthttpd as root) using zend frameworking to manage a development server. So yes it's a good thing to have in the framework. An other use case could be in Zend_Image (if it came up to life) to run imagemagick...

Nov 28, 2006

Great, I'm glad the Getopt class will be useful to you Laurent.

As for Zend_Image, there have been a couple of proposals for a Zend_Image class, but in my opinion neither has demonstrated a compelling use case that shows why a new component is needed, instead of simply using the existing PHP interfaces to ImageMagick or GD. You might want to read the proposal currently in the 'New' section and follow up there for discussions of the image subject.

Nov 26, 2006

It is cool but I really miss one feature. I would like to have a possibility to register callbacks for each object. I would suggest to redesign the Zend options array to something like that:

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'a|add' => array(
'Adding stuff to whatever'.
array('MyFassadeClass', 'add'),

Also I would like to have the following methods:

<ac:macro ac:name="code"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$o = new Zend_Console_Getopt;
// Register a callback
$o->registerCallback('a|append', array('MyFassade', 'some_function'));
// Remove a given callback.
$o->removeCallback(string $optionString|Callback $callback);
// Adding a global callback for every found option. It passes the option
// as an argument
$o->registerGlobalCallback(array('MyFassade', 'process'));]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:macro>
Nov 26, 2006

I'm not sure I understand how this would work. Can you supply some use cases?

Nov 26, 2006

In generic terms, he wants getopts to handle running the proper function/class as well.

You would then have to call something like $o->run() with would process the opt's and run the callbacks registered with each opt.

Nov 28, 2006

Hi Lars,

I understand the use case, but I had in mind that the Getopt class would be simpler. It parses and validates options, and provides an interface to the developer to know which options were specified. Getopt leaves the interpretation and execution of code based on those options to the developer, like most other implementations of Getopt-like functionality in other languages.

Nov 26, 2006

Some comments:

What kind of configuration options could you supply as the third argument of the constructor?

Is the order of the constructor arguments the best? I think the first and third options would be used more often than the second. Maybe swap the second and third.

I know this is based on Getopt, but would something like Zend_Console_Options or Zend_Console_Args be a more intuitive name? Well, that's a judgment call.

Instead of dumpString(), dumpJson(), dumpXml(), I think toString(), toJson(), and toXml() are better. Then dumpOptions() could just be dump().

Instead of 3 addMode* methods, addMode() should take a constant as its second argument

I don't understand the purpose of parseLongOption(), parseShortOptionCluster(), parseSingleOption(), and getRemainingArgs(). I mean, I understand what they do, but not why they're necessary.

Nov 28, 2006

Hi Matthew,

The currently available configuration options can be specified by the following constants:

Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_RULEMODE; either 'zend' or 'gnu', but in a way this is redundant because the class can infer which mode based on whether the rule spec is an array (for zend mode) or a scalar (for gnu mode). This config option is more interesting if additional rule spec syntax modes are introduced.

Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_DASHDASH; default true, controls support of '-
' option terminator. Arguments following '-' are treated as non-option arguments.

Zend_Console_Getopt::CONFIG_IGNORECASE; default false, controls whether '-
option' and '-OPTION' are treated the same.

The order of constructor arguments is always tricky.

I thought a name including the word 'Getopt' would be familiar enough to developers who are used to similar functionality being called getopt or getopts in other languages.

The suggestion regarding toString(), toJson(), toXml() is a good suggestion.

The functions parseLongOption(), parseShortOptionCluster(), and parseSingleOption() are protected functions. They are supposed to be called only internally to the class during the parsing operation.

The function getRemainingArgs() returns the arguments that are non-option arguments. For example:

<ac:macro ac:name="noformat"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
ls -l filename

A call to getRemainingArgs() would return 'filename'.

<ac:macro ac:name="noformat"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
grep -l – '-pattern' filename

A call to getRemainingArgs() would return '-pattern', 'filename'

<ac:macro ac:name="noformat"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
mysql --user <username> databasename --password <passwd>

A call to getRemainingArgs() would return 'databasename'

You can see that there are some cases in which it is nontrivial to separate options and option parameters from non-option arguments. Since the Getopt parser has already had to do that, it can give you the array of non-option arguments.

Nov 28, 2006

Oh, I meant to say something more about order of constructor arguments.

It might be that in some cases, you would want to pass config options but not argv. So by changing the order you could do this:

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$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', array(...config...));

But there could also be cases in which you would want to pass argv, but the default config options are desired. So you would want to keep it as it is:

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$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', $argv);

Anyway, there are methods setArguments() and addArguments():

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$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:');
$opts->setArguments($argv); // replaces arguments
$opts->addArguments($moreArgv); // appends to arguments

I think there should be a method addConfig() as well, that takes an array of config options just as the constructor does.

Nov 29, 2006

regarding adding a addConfig() method. Currently, there is no "consistency" in the Zend Framework for setting options. Every component is using it's own way in doing so. I believe every components should use the same naming conventions for setting option(s).

In Zend_TimeSync I have:

public static function setOptions($options = array() {}

public static function setOption($key, $value) {}

If every component uses the same naming conventions for setting options, there is less api to learn for the end user, and it opens several other possibilities, such as defining options before a component's instance is created (eg bootstrap file).

Nov 30, 2006

Good idea Andries, I will conform to a convention of setOption/setOptions function names.

Dec 01, 2006

Thanks for the reply, Bill. That did a good job of answering my questions.

Re: the constructor order, I just thought it was more likely that someone was going to set configuration options rather than passing in dummy arguments.

Nice class. It already looks like it has a leg up on PEAR's Console_Getopt package.

Dec 04, 2006

I must apologize – I accidentally deleted a comment from Matthew Ratzloff. Just hit the wrong link! Funny that Confluence requires no confirmation click before removing a comment, and "Remove" is adjacent to "Reply". And of course there's no undo.

But I still had Matthew's comment in my email, so here it is:

"Is it possible for this class to use Zend_Controller_Request_Cli? After all, it would just be an extension of Request_Abstract with some changes made to the 'param' functions, right?"

Can you describe a use case? I'm not sure what you mean by use Zend_Controller_Request_Cli. Btw, I see a Zend_Controller_Response_Cli, but I do not see a class Zend_Controller_Request_Cli. Are you suggesting a new class? What would this class do?

I'm sure the case exists for a Zend_Controller_Request_Cli class. But I would not be in favor of Getopt invoking it directly. Instead, Getopt reports which options were given on the command line. Then the application programmer writes a main() method, which queries the Getopt object and based on the results, invokes appropriate parts of the application.

What I think you're suggesting is similar to Lars' suggestion for callbacks. That's a legitimate application flow pattern for some types of applications, but it's not the only pattern for application flow, so I don't think it should be implemented in Getopt. That would imply that there's some kind of inherent coupling between that type of application architecture and the task of parsing command-line options, which I don't think is a correct coupling.

Dec 04, 2006

I hadn't thought too much about it, to tell you the truth. <ac:emoticon ac:name="wink" /> But it would simplify modules that have to work with a variety of input methods (for example... a task scheduling module...).

Taking your first example,

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$argv = array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg');
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', $argv);
echo $opts->a; // returns true
echo $opts->p; // returns 'p_arg'

could instead become,

<ac:macro ac:name="code"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$request = $this->getRequest();
$request->setParams(array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg'));
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', $request);
echo $opts->a; // returns true
echo $opts->p; // returns 'p_arg'

Normal operation would obviously eliminate the setParams() line that adds dummy values.

The Zend_Controller_Request_Cli object would perhaps be created in the bootstrap and automatically populated as such:

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$request = new Zend_Controller_Request_Cli(); // internally sets contents of 'argv'

This goes along with ZF-615, which would permit $request->setControllerName() and $request->setActionName() to be honored if called manually, allowing multi-controller CLI applications.

One unrelated thought: To remain consistent, command-line applications should be described either as 'CLI' or 'Console', but not both. So perhaps this proposal should become Zend_Cli_Getopt, or Zend_Controller_Response_Cli should become Zend_Controller_Response_Console. To my mind, 'CLI' seems more immediately descriptive and recognizable.

Dec 04, 2006

Would this not do the same thing:

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$request = $this->getRequest();
$request->setParams(array('-a', '-p', 'p_arg')); // or use $argv
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:', $request->getParams());
Dec 04, 2006

Oh, of course. <ac:emoticon ac:name="smile" />

I wonder... would there be an easy way to then set an array back to $request? Or perhaps set Getopt as a getParam()/setParam() handler for Request_Cli? Maybe there's a way for Request_Cli to use Getopt in order to seamlessly parse arguments...

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$rules = array(
'apple|a' => 'Apple option',
'banana|b' => 'Banana option',
'pear|p=s' => 'Pear option with required parameter'
$request = new Zend_Controller_Request_Cli();
print $request->getParam('pear'); // returns 'p_arg'

In other words, to only pass one object that serves as an argument container instead of two to the various actions.

Also, what are your thoughts on the naming issue?

By the way, let me know when I'm giving you TOO much feedback. <ac:emoticon ac:name="wink" />

Dec 04, 2006

I think this will set the canonical option arguments back to the request object:

<ac:macro ac:name="code"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$rules = array(
'apple|a' => 'Apple option',
'banana|b' => 'Banana option',
'pear|p=s' => 'Pear option with required parameter'
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt($rules); // implicitly gets console argv
print $request->getParam('pear'); // returns 'p_arg' (if that option was given)

That doesn't seem too painful.

Regarding the naming convention, I usually try to avoid a TLA where a real word will work. So I'd prefer Zend_Controller_Request_Console to remain consistent. But I'm not seeing a need to create a new subclass, so far; we can do it with the existing request class.

Dec 04, 2006

I understand about avoid TLAs. That means that the existing Zend_Controller_Response_Cli should be changed to Zend_Controller_Response_Console. (No other class references it.)

As far as the extra subclass, Zend_Controller_Response_Cli extends Abstract and only adds one extra method (__toString()). I think it's more about accurate categorization and room to grow than current functionality in this case. Seems strange to use Zend_Controller_Request_Http for a console application, and there may be CLI-specific functionality added in the future (or from the start--the integration with Zend_Console_Getopt I mentioned above).

I'll probably create a proposal for this, just to have them all in one place.

Jan 15, 2007

My intention with Zend_Controller_Request_Cli is that it would use Zend_Console_Getopt once it was present. As Bill noted, using toArray() to populate setParams() is trivial, and my idea is that this would happen on the first call to getParam|s() or in the constructor.

As for renaming, I agree that calling it Zend_Controller_Request_Console makes sense, to keep the relation between them clear.

Dec 28, 2006

I know that this is already under review but I was wondering if there is a way to add dependency to arguments, meaning that if you have -a and -b linked then they both must be present in $argv or an error is given.

I'm currently writing a command line network management wrapper that will use about 60 different arguments and many of the arguments must be linked. It's been a real bear to get it and this is the best solution I've seen so far.

Dec 28, 2006

There is no syntax currently in Zend_Console_Getopt to specify interdependency between options. I don't have an idea for how this could be added to the declarative syntax without making it complex. Any solution needs to allow for the more common case (no interdependencies) to remain simple to use.

Another choice could be that interdependencies cannot be specified in the declarative syntax, but only through use of another function, for example setDependency().

<ac:macro ac:name="code"><ac:default-parameter>php</ac:default-parameter><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:');
$opts->setDependency(array('a', 'b'), 'You must specify apple and banana options together.');

Then it throws an exception at the time it parses arguments. I.e. after any setArguments() calls have been made, and the app tries to query if a given option has been set. The message of this exception is the string that is the second argument to setDependency().

How does this sound?

Dec 29, 2006

The setDependency sounds pretty much what I was thinking but what it if you only what add dependency one way?

<ac:macro ac:name="code"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[
$opts = new Zend_Console_Getopt('abp:');
$opts->setDependency(array('a', 'b'), 'You must specify apple with the banana option.');

So, that if you call "PROGRAM -a", it fails but "PROGRAM -b" works because option apple needs option banana but option banana doesn't need option apple.

Dec 29, 2006

I forgot to mention in my last comment that I ended up creating a wrapper class for all switchs/options. The option class containes methods to help add dependencies or groupedDependencies. This us a simple array that the parent "Getopt" class could then loop through and check to see if these switches/options were provided.

What I mean by groupedDependencies is that I can have some common switches like: -email; and I want to make sure that if these switches are provided that another switch must be present to tell the program exactly what execution point to enter.

For example; my program might have "./program -report -email firstname.lastname@example.com" AND/OR "./program -alert -email firstname.lastname@example.com"

Then I would create the -email option class and then add the -report and -alert option classes to it's groupedDependencies array. Then the Getopt class can now check if one or the other dependencies are present.

I hope this makes sense; I've only just started creating my own Getopt in the last couple days based off what you have here and what my project needs.

Dec 29, 2006

I'm afraid it could become a slippery slope to try to support all sorts of application business rules. There is no end to the permutations.

The presence of "-a" requires that either "-b" or "-c" are present.

But if both "-b" and "-c" are present, it's an error.

Unless "-a" is followed by a parameter of "both".

Or if "-f" is also present.

Or you're running as root.

See what I mean? At what point does it become application-specific logic?

I'm inclined to say go ahead and write your wrapper class. Getopt will tell you which options were given on the command-line by the user. It's up to you to write code to validate that specific combination of options.

Your wrapper class is designed to be perfect for your application, but it may not be as useful to anyone else's applications. Or else it won't quite fit the needs of another application precisely. To solve everyone's needs, the class would become so huge that it would be too large to load.

By the way, I made most of the methods and members protected instead of private, so you could extend Zend_Console_Getopt instead of writing a wrapper class. So if you need additional functions like dependency-handlers, write them in a subclass instead of a wrapper class. If the logic you need to implement is such that it can't be written in a subclass, but instead requires that it be done in a wrapper class, that's usually a good clue that it's part of your application logic, not part of the reusable component.

Jan 15, 2007
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Retrieving CLI arguments is a task any developer coding cronjobs or CLI scripts in PHP is bound to face. GNU getopt is a powerful and widely accepted standard, and most PHP implementations do not implement the full featureset.

After reviewing the incubator code and the proposal, we accept the proposed solution, with the following notes:

Please review for CS issues:

put @todos listed in properties section but unattached to properties in the class docblock

please add whitespace above docblocks (should be at least one line of whitespace above each for readability

no closing PHP tag ('?>') at end of file, please

Otherwise, the code and tests look very good! Thank you for this contribution.
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Jan 31, 2007

I'm new to the Zend Framework, and have looked over this discussion and am a bit confused. What I'm wondering is, if there is a way to have a cron job call a specific Module/Controller/Action from the command line. I'm not understanding what these options are that the Zend_Console_Getopt Component deals with. If there is not a specific way to access Module/Controller/Actions this way, I'm trying to use the classes created in the Zend Framework from an external .php file to do my cron jobs from. And maybe that's what this component does, but i'm missing the picture. Could someone post a good, easy to follow example that does just this?

Jan 31, 2007

I didn't intend the Zend_Console_Getopt class to have any implied integration with Zend_Controller. That was a feature request that some of us brought up.

Getopt is a common function for many programming languages. It has nothing to do with MVC or web applications. Getopt is for command-line programs or scripts.

Once there is an easy way to parse the command-line arguments in a PHP script invoked at the command-line, some of us thought that it would be neat if command-line usage could be an alternative way to invoke the same PHP code that they use as a web app.

I had a discussion with Matthew Ratzloff about this some time ago when he was proposing a scheduler component (see <ac:link><ri:page ri:content-title="Zend_Scheduler - Matthew Ratzloff" /></ac:link>) that could invoke parts of a PHP web application according to a schedule. I suggested that a schedule task in cron or other existing schedule service could invoke a script with command-line arguments and the script would have code to recognize these arguments and map them into invocations of MVC controllers.

But that mapping is not what Zend_Console_Getopt does. The Getopt class only parses the command-line arguments and provides an interface to querying which arguments were given by the user.

It should be a different class that does that invocation of MVC controller methods. That class is not presented here. That hypothetical class may utilize Zend_Console_Getopt, but it deserves its own proposal.

Feb 14, 2007

I have committed documentation for Zend_Console_Getopt.

<zf-home>/incubator/documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Console_Getopt-Introduction.xml

<zf-home>/incubator/documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Console_Getopt-Rules.xml

<zf-home>/incubator/documentation/manual/en/module_specs/Zend_Console_Getopt-Fetching.xml

If it looks good, I'll move the component to core.


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Petite Banded Dolman Sleeve Tee
Petite Banded Dolman Sleeve Tee
$24 .99
Online Exclusive
 The ultimate in slouchy cute, we added a hint of wool to this laid back dolman style – for totally unique texture. Add a cami beneath for more coverage. Scoop neck. 1/2 dolman sleeves. Drop shoulders. Banded neckline. Wide banded cuffs and hem.
Style #315857
85% Polyester, 15% Wool
Machine Washable