PHP4 for "traditional" tasks...

Hey all :) A fast question.... We are thinking of using PHP4 for a project here, the choices being PHP4 and Perl5/mod_perl/velocigen. Now, Choosing between them is my problem, so I won't do a relative language thread here. BUT - in addition to the web side scripting there is a lot of offline (batch) processing work for us to do, and it is a little harder for us to see PHP4 int hat role - only because there is little information for that usage. THE QUESTION - does zend/php4 have a command line version? Or is it all just convincing the php4 versiont to run? Will the zend optimizer work on command line stuff as well? I saw a previous post re: Php as a shell app, but saw no real answers, did I miss it? is there a big honking section fo the manual I don't see :) ? Ken --- Soulhuntre (icq# 275066) http://www.soulhuntre.com - my world http://www.dotpublishing.com - my income http://www.virtualchemy.com - my company http://www.the-estate.com - my passion