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<h1 class="refname">$argc</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">$argc</span> — <span class="dc-title">The number of arguments passed to script</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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Contains the number of arguments passed to the current 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 script's filename is always passed as an argument to the script, therefore
the minimum value of <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$argc</var></var> is <em>1</em>.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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This variable is not available when <a href="ini.core.html#ini.register-argc-argv" class="link">register_argc_argv</a>
is disabled.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$argc</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">$argc</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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When executing the example with: php script.php arg1 arg2 arg3
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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int(4)
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<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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This is also available as <var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.server.html" class="classname">$_SERVER['argc']</a></var></var>.
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<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>
<li class="member"><a href="reserved.variables.argv.html" class="link"><var class="varname"><var class="varname"><a href="reserved.variables.argv.html" class="classname">$argv</a></var></var></a></li>
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