$argc

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

$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)

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User Contributed Notes 3 notes

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karsten at typo3 dot org ¶

4 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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Tejesember ¶

2 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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anonymous ¶

2 years ago


I use the following lines to check if i'm using CLI mode or not :





<?php


$cli_mode = false;


if ( isset($_SERVER['argc']) && $_SERVER['argc']>=1 ) {


  $cli_mode = true;


}


?>

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