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<h1 class="refname">$argv</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">$argv</span> — <span class="dc-title">Array of arguments passed to script</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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Contains an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> of all the arguments passed to the script when running
from the <a href="features.commandline.html" class="link">command line</a>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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The first argument <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$argv[0]</var></var> is always the name that was
used to run the script.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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This variable is not available when <a href="ini.core.html#ini.register-argc-argv" class="link">register_argc_argv</a>
is disabled.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$argv</var></var> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$argv</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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When executing the example with: php script.php arg1 arg2 arg3
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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array(4) {
[0]=>
string(10) "script.php"
[1]=>
string(4) "arg1"
[2]=>
string(4) "arg2"
[3]=>
string(4) "arg3"
}
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-reserved.variables.argv-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.getopt.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">getopt()</a> - Gets options from the command line argument list</span></li>
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