php question..

[Swab]

I need to run a php script from the command line and want to be able to pass variables when calling the program... is this possible? Thanks for your time.

[Virak]

Install php4-cli/php5-cli (whatever matches the version of PHP you're using. I haven't tried php4 (because php5 is better :P) but it should work the same) with synaptic/apt-get/whatever, and read this (http://ca.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php).

[simon w]

Once phpX-cli is install:

echo "<?php print_r($argv); ?>" > test.php
php -q test.php arg1 arg2 arg3

[Swab]

Thanks for the help guys... everything is working great!