$argv

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

$argvArray of arguments passed to script

Description

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.

Examples

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" }

Notes

Note:

This is also available as $_SERVER['argv'].

See Also

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