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    $argc

    (PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

    $argc — The number of arguments passed to script

    Description

    Contains the number of arguments passed to the current script when running from the command line.

    Note: The script's filename is always passed as an argument to the script, therefore the minimum value of $argc is 1.

    Note: This variable is not available when register_argc_argv is disabled.

    Examples

    Example #1 $argc example

    <?php
    var_dump    ($argc);
    ?>

    When executing the example with: php script.php arg1 arg2 arg3

    The above example will output something similar to:

    int(4)

    Notes

    Note:

    This is also available as $_SERVER['argc'].

    See Also

    • getopt() - Gets options from the command line argument list
    • $argv

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    Tejesember
    13 years ago
    To find out are you in CLI or not, this is much better in my opinion:
    <?php
    if (PHP_SAPI != "cli") {
        exit;
    }
    ?>
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    karsten at typo3 dot org
    15 years ago
    Note: when using CLI $argc (as well as $argv) are always available, regardless of register_argc_argv, as explained at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php
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    elm at r3m0ve dot gmx dot ch
    10 years ago
    To decide whether my script is run from CLI I simply create a PHP script that handles only CLI invocations.

    File cron.php:
    <?php

    // Set environment variables your application depends on
    $_SERVER[ 'HTTP_HOST' ] = 'domain.tld';
    // $_SERVER[ 'REQUEST_URI' ] = '/some/URI/if/needed';

    // Use the environment to read out required values
    $task = $_SERVER[ 'argv' ][ 1 ];

    // Instanciate the dispatcher or whatever you use
    $dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
    $dispatcher->handle( $task );

    ?>

    This way my application doesn't have to know about CLI at all.
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    anonymous
    6 years ago
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
      fprintf(stdout,"argumen count : %d\n",argc);
      fprintf(stdout,"argumen vector : %s\n",argv);
      return 0;
    }
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