Command line arguments

[David Berthelot]

PHP is mostly known for being server side language.
When you use it for scripting, keep in mind that you need to get command line arguments:

For example, if the command line is:

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myscript.php Hello myfile.txt

Arguments must be retrieved using $argv, so in the previous example:

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$argv[1] => Hello
$argv[2] => myfile.txt


for more info:
http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.argv.php

[pmachado]

PHP is awesome, i solved the mars explorer using it!

[David Berthelot]

The simplest way to read a file that I know of:

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<?php
$data = file_get_contents($argv[1]);
?>


[Reid Workman]

Even simpler =]

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$contents = file($argv[1]);