Re: PHP from command line

On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Ville Mattila wrote: > Anyway, I haven't found a solve to problem how I can transfer data to > the PHP in this way? How does the web servers give sent form data etc > for PHP? Do I have to save the form data to a file and then give the > path to this file on the command or something like that? I'm not sure I understand your question correctly, but using PHP from the command line and using PHP on a web server are somewhat different setups. Your PHP Windows list can help you set it up better than I, but the web information is sent via a QUERY_STRING to your php page. PHP knows how to handle this data and puts it all into variables for you, and you don't really have to worry about it too much. You take it from there, writing a script to do or output whatever you want. As for the command line, the inputting of information is a bit different. You can create prompts for information to be typed in from stdin, you can open files, you can access a database, you can use $argv, etc. Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.