passing an argument to php3 when using binary via shell.

Hello I am using php3 as a binary under linux , executing it from the command line like so : /usr/local/bin/php /home/mydocs/mycode.php3 which does things just great , however i now want to pass : /usr/local/bin/php /home/mydocs/mycode.php3?value=1 using arguments seems to upset the binary , heres what it mumbled : [root@ns web]# /usr/local/bin/php /home/sites/site2/web/build_config/auto_hostmaster/insert_multiref.php3?value=test Content-type: text/html <br> <b>Fatal error</b>: Unable to open /home/sites/site2/web/build_config/auto_hostmaster/insert_multiref.php3?value=test in <b>- </b> on line <b>0</b><br> [root@ns web] if i execute with out the ? argument it seems fine ( i have been using it like this for setting up php3 cron jobs ) take a look : [root@ns web]# /usr/local/bin/php /home/sites/site2/web/build_config/auto_hostmaster/insert_multiref.php3 Content-type: text/html So if any has succesfully passed values to php3 in this manner basically , i would like to hear from you :) Thank you all in advance for reading this desperate attempt for help Neil