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.
I may be missing something, but that doesn't break any code. If you don't use it - it doesn't affect you. The chances of you using this variable for other purposes is slim to non existent. Why not always have it available there too, for the sake of people who are already getting used to living without globally registered variables?
Zeev