Re: argv and argc on cliphp

On Fri, 3 Oct 2003, Greg MacLellan wrote: > Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > Andrei and I discussed this change and at the conceptual level at least > > $_SERVER should be populated with argc and argv if variables_order > > includes "S". If you have specifically configured your system to not > > create $_SERVER, then of course it shouldn't be there. The change was to > > always make argc and argv available in the CLI version regardless of the > > variables_order setting. As in, the CLI version will now always populate > > the global $argc and $argv variables. > > I don't really like the idea of populating two global variables, and I'm > not sure where this is at right now, since I've only been following > internals for the last few weeks. It's a good idea to be sure that argv > and argc are always available (though, arguably, argc is not all that > useful), but it would probably make more sense to put them in $_SERVER > (and without the rest of the $_SERVER variables, if variables_order > doesn't include "S"). > > You're not breaking code (since it can always use $_SERVER) and you're > not introducing any globals (which goes along with the register_globals > setting). Sure you are, you are creating the global $_SERVER which was specifically not enabled in your scenario. To me it is more consistent with every other language out there to make $argc and $argv available directly. -Rasmus