query string value from php command line

[Anon]

I have a question about using php from the command line.

I want to be able to call the php interpreter from the command line and pass values from the query string to the script.

Say I want to test a page that needs a session id to generate properly. From the browser I type in

http://domain.com/myscript.php?session_id=12345

how can I get the session_id to be recognized by my script that expects the variable to be instantiated when it parses the query string?

I've tried setting the QUERY_STRING environment variable and then running php (at least in windows) and that doesn't seem to work.

c:> set QUERY_STRING id=12345
c:> php.exe myscript.php

I've tried passing variables as additional arguments (which seems the most intuitive to me)

c:> php.exe myscript.php session_id=12345

There has to be an easy way to do this. Anyone know how?

[rdhatt]

Easy answer! There was a PHPBuilder on this subject:

Using PHP As A Shell Scripting Language
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/darrell20000319.php3

[Anon]

Thanks. I was able to import the shell variable QUERY_STRING in linux, but I suspect my problem in windows must have been needing to set the php.ini file:

register_globals=On

I found this help at:

http://www.phpbuilder.com/annotate/message.php3?id=1008148