Passing variables ?

[Anon]

how can i pass a variables to a php script
which run at shell command line.
such as
#php myprogram < variables

thanks

[Anon]

You can use myphpscript.php?string where string comes up in $QUERY_STRING.

Martin

[Anon]

No, he said from the shell, not from a browser...I'm having the same problem, does anyone know how to pass a variable to a php script that's being called from the command line?

eg:
./test.php?name=joe
won't work

[Anon]

Did you figure it out?

[Anon]

I have not quite figured this out yet for multiline/word variables or arrays, but to pass a single word argument, just do something like:
#php -q myphpscript.php arg1 arg2 ...

The script myphpscript.php will receive an array of values (argv[]) that can then be read into variables of your choosing, such as:
$firstvar = argv[1];
$secondvar = argv[2];
and so on.

If anyone has figured out how to pass text or arrays, let me know. I suspect it requires a pipe of some sort, by I haven't found any syntax for that yet.