PHP CLI script starter - useful for quickly setting up command-line scripts.

cli_starter.php

<?php

// Don't allow PHP to stop after global timeout setting
set_time_limit( 0 );

// Increase memory limit
ini_set( 'memory_limit', '1024M' );

// Remove output buffering
while ( ob_get_level() ) ob_end_clean();

// Output buffers directly
ob_implicit_flush( true );

// Custom error handling
//error_reporting( 0 );
//function handleError( $errno, $errmsg, $filename, $linenum, $vars ) {
//    stdError(
//        '[' . $errno . '] Line #' . $linenum .
//        PHP_EOL . $errmsg . PHP_EOL . ' in ' . $filename
//    );
//}
//$old_error_handler = set_error_handler( 'handleError' );

// Only allow this script to be run via the command line
if ( strtoupper(PHP_SAPI) !== 'CLI' ) {
    stdError( 'This script can only be run via the command line.', false );
    showUsage();
    exit( 1 );
}