php man page for argv

ARGV(3) 								 1								   ARGV(3)

$argv - Array of arguments passed to script

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

       Note

	       The first argument $argv[0] is always the name that was used to run the script.

       Note

	       This variable is not available when register_argc_argv is disabled.

       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"
	      }

       getopt(3).

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