I can't say I'm really too familiar with the php commandline.. You're using /usr/bin/php (or equivalent) and attempting to use your exec() that way?
If you do 'php -?' you'll get a list of commands that you can use, and I don't see a way to pass cmdline arguments as variables.. Having said that, I Just went and looked further into it.. if I make a test script, and at the top I put: $hi = $argv[1]; then $hi becomes whatever you've specified as the first argument.. I'm assuming this is what you want? To clarify: phpfile.php contains: <? $hi = $argv[1]; echo $hi; ?> Running the command "php -f phpfile.php test" returns "test" Does this help at all?? -Jason Daren Cotter wrote: > Jason, > > I'm not using a web script any longer, I'm using > command-line (I determined that it is installed on the > server). > > I read about $argc and $argv, but when I call the > script passing two arguments, both $argc and $argv are > blank. Is this a php.ini setting I need to change or > somethign? > > --- Jason Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Sorry to butt in :) >> >>Arguments to web scripts are done in the format: >>page.php?arg1=data1&arg2=data2 >> >>So you would use that full string as the lynx path. >> >>Hope this helps :) >>-Jason >> >>Daren Cotter wrote: >> >>>Thanks for the info Chris, it works! >>> >>>How do I pass arguments to the script? I'm >> >>assuming >> >>>it'd just be: >>> >>>test.php arg1 arg2 >>> >>>The stuff I've read says $argc should be the count >> >>of >> >>>the # of arguments, and $argv should be an array >>>holding them...but when I do a simple: >>>print "# of Arguments: $argc\n"; >>>It prints nothing, not even 0 >>> >>> >>>--- Chris Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>wrote: >> >>>>>On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Daren Cotter wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>My problem, is that I absolutely NEED to run a >>>>> >>PHP >> >>>>>>script using crontab. The script needs to send >>>>>>numerous queries to a database every hour. Is >>>>> >>>>there >>>> >>>> >>>>>>any way I can accomplish this, directly or >>>>> >>>>indirectly? >>>> >>>>Are you sure its not already there? Commonly in >>>>/usr/bin. Try a "which >>>>php" and see if it finds anything? >>>> >>>>HTH >>>>Chris >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>__________________________________________________ >>>Do you Yahoo!? >>>New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! >>>http://sbc.yahoo.com >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
