$argv

$argv — Array of arguments passed to script

Description

Contains an array of all the arguments passed to the script when running from the command line.

Note: The first argument is always the current script's filename, therefore $argv[0] is the script's name.

Note: This variable is only available when register_argc_argv is enabled.

Examples

Example #1 $argv example


<?php
var_dump($argv);
?>

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

The above example will output something similar to:

array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(10) "script.php"
  [1]=>
  string(4) "arg1"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "arg2"
  [3]=>
  string(4) "arg3"
}

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$argv

Steve Schmitt
14-Sep-2009 11:57


If you come from a shell scripting background, you might expect to find this topic under the heading "positional parameters".

karsten at typo3 dot org
18-Feb-2009 08:48


Note: when using CLI $argv (as well as $argc) is always available, regardless of register_argc_argv, as explained at http://docs.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php

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Predefined Exceptions

$argc

Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009