PHP command line interface ignores my arguments

[doraemon]

Hello!

I'm new to this forum. I didn't find anything useful by using search...

I have installes Windows 7 CLI php (5.2). I associated .php with php itself, and
I have defined a PATHEXT for .php so that .php is not necessary to run a script.
Now it runs (apparently) fine, I mean echo echoes something. But I cannot get arguments.
Here are the program and its output.
1. The script:
-----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
<?php
echo "Program arguments:\n";
echo "Argc = " . $argc . "\n";
print_r($argv);
?>
-----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----

2. A test and its output:
-----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----
C:\Users\Dora\PHPTest\ScripTest 1 2 3 4 5
Program arguments:
Argc = 1
Array
<
[0] => C:\Users\Dora\PHPTest\ScripTest.php
>
-----8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<----------8<-----

That's it. I would expect argc to be 6 and the array to have 6 elements.

By the way, I am using Windows 7 ultimate 64 bits.

Any hint?

Thanks,

Dora.

[egami]

argc = count of arguments
argv = value of arguments in an array

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<?

var_dump($argv);

echo "-------------\r\n";

var_dump($argc);

echo "-------------\r\n";

?>


[mybox@tools phpnet]$ php index.php one two three 4

array(5) {
[0]=>
string(9) "index.php"
[1]=>
string(3) "one"
[2]=>
string(3) "two"
[3]=>
string(5) "three"
[4]=>
string(1) "4"
}
-------------
int(5)
-------------

[egami]

I don't know much about Windows. Personally, I think Windows has a place in the gaming world, and Office Manipulation, but has no place in the server world. (Except Microsoft Exchange).

But if it's anything like the Unix side of the house,
#!c:/path/to/php.exe

should be the first line.

[doraemon]

Hello!
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, it does not solve my problem.
I copied your script in an editor, added php after the <? (otherwise it doesn't work
at all) and saved it as ScriptTest2.php.
When I run it, the output is now:

C:\Users\Dora\PHPTest\ScripTest2 one two three 4
array(1) {
[0]=>
string(36) "C:\Users\Dora\PHPTest\ScripTest2.php"
}
-------------
int(1)
-------------

Thanks anyway.

Dora

argc = count of arguments
argv = value of arguments in an array

Code: Select all


<?

var_dump($argv);

echo "-------------\r\n";

var_dump($argc);

echo "-------------\r\n";

?>


[mybox@tools phpnet]$ php index.php one two three 4

array(5) {
[0]=>
string(9) "index.php"
[1]=>
string(3) "one"
[2]=>
string(3) "two"
[3]=>
string(5) "three"
[4]=>
string(1) "4"
}
-------------
int(5)
-------------

[doraemon]

Hello again!

I don't know much about Windows. Personally, I think Windows has a place in the gaming world, and Office Manipulation, but has no place in the server world. (Except Microsoft Exchange).

But if it's anything like the Unix side of the house,
#!c:/path/to/php.exe

should be the first line.

My intention is not to use it in a server, but as a command line interface.
Windows has its place in gaming an office, but it has also (unfortunately or fortunately depending
on user taste) its place in hardware development. That's what I do. And my purpose is to
generate c++ code.
I could use ActivePerl which works fine, but I prefer PHP and I recently I discovered the command
line interface which works extremely well on MacOS and Linux.

That's about it...

Dora.

[egami]

Dora,
In the UNIX environment, there are two types of PHP installs. One in CGI mode (regular web) and one in CLI mode. Essentially, they call the same file, but in a different way. In the Windows world, it might be the same way.

A while ago, Nullsig posted a website that had an auto installer which installed the CGI/CLI & WAMP stuffs together, perhaps do a google search on that?

[doraemon]

Hello Egami,

Thanks for your reply.
I think I used the right installer. One proof of this is that I can write a php script
that works on the command line, except that it does not accept the arguments.
The example I posted earlier shows the output. The script can echo something
(therefore the install seems to be correct) but its only problem is that it does not
accept arguments and always shows argc as 1 whatever arguments I give to it.

I'm going to look for nullsig anyway.

Thanks,

Pascal