No...that way is too structured and ridged....users would have to put in arguments in a specific way otherwise the script would mix up key/value pairs.
The way I had it working was with the above command line. The code uses $_REQUEST['<argument_key_name>'] to pull the values. This way, the order of the values was not an issue.
Nuts...I know that this works, I just didn't document it when I figured it out. Just goes to show how tech writers are at home.
Maybe I was using the non-CLI PHP??? Nope, same result.
There is a way that this can be done, I just forgot where I found the instructions for doing it (most likely here since this is my php mecca of sorts)
If anyone knows, please let me know.
TIA