RE: [PHP-WIN] Need help using "php.exe"

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php Check out this page about using PHP via command line. You pass variables in via the $argv variable. Here's a snippet: -------- Like every shell application, the PHP binary accepts a number of arguments but your PHP script can also receive arguments. The number of arguments which can be passed to your script is not limited by PHP (the shell has a certain size limit in the number of characters which can be passed; usually you won't hit this limit). The arguments passed to your script are available in the global array $argv. The zero index always contains the script name (which is - in case the PHP code is coming from either standard input or from the command line switch -r). The second registered global variable is $argc which contains the number of elements in the $argv array (not the number of arguments passed to the script). As long as the arguments you want to pass to your script do not start with the - character, there's nothing special to watch out for. Passing an argument to your script which starts with a - will cause trouble because PHP itself thinks it has to handle it. To prevent this, use the argument list separator --. After this separator has been parsed by PHP, every argument following it is passed untouched to your script. -------- Good luck! -TG > -----Original Message----- > From: Eugen [mailto:eyemaster@go.ro] > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 10:35 AM > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Need help using "php.exe" > > > Hi all, > > > When you parse a file using the command "php.exe -f c:\myfile.php > > c:\myfile.htm" , what command is required to set a variable. Example: > In IE addressbar, when i type(doesn't matter what server i use) : > http://localhost/myfile.php?thevariable=anyvariable, the > "myfile.php" file > is now parsed with indicated variable. > But if i launch "php.exe -f c:\myfile.php?thevariable=anyvariable > > c:\myfile.htm" , the output file (c:\myfile.htm) contains one line: > No input file specified. > > How can i make it work, without using a webserver ? > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >