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Doc Bug #18566 comand line argument parsing with +
Submitted: 2002-07-25 11:35 UTC Modified: 2002-12-26 20:03 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 2.0
Reproduced:2 of 2 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (50.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: goba@php.net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS: Windows
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-07-25 11:35 UTC] goba@php.net 
I have tries the following script (test.php):

    <?php var_dump($argv); ?>

With:

    php test.php a b c

and the results are:

    array(4) {
      [0]=>
      string(8) "test.php"
      [1]=>
      string(1) "a"
      [2]=>
      string(1) "b"
      [3]=>
      string(1) "c"
    }

What was new to me, is that

    php test.php a+b+c

produces the same ;) So if this is intentional,
then it should be documented at least ;)

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 [2002-07-25 11:41 UTC] goba@php.net 
The same effect is reproduceable with:

    php test.php a=b=c
    php test.php a;b;c

Goba
 [2002-08-13 07:17 UTC] sander@php.net 
Is this still valid with the CLI? Or are you talking about the CGI executable?
(Can't reproduce it with the CLI on Linux)
 [2002-08-13 07:21 UTC] goba@php.net 
I tested this with the CGI one, probably it's not a problem with the CLI.
 [2002-08-13 07:26 UTC] edink@php.net 
This was one of the reasons CLI was created in the first place - to get rid of all CGI specific (mis)features.

This issue should probably be mentioned in the command line chapter.
 [2002-08-13 08:01 UTC] holliwell at gmx dot net 
with cgi-version(4.2.1, win2k):

test.php a b c

array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "c"
}
php test.php a+b+c
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "c"
}

php test.php a=b=c

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "a=b=c"
}

php test.php a;b;c

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "a;b;c"
}

Only a+b+c seems to bahave "strange".

with cli-version(4.2.1,win2k):

php-cli test.php a b c
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "c"
}

php-cli test.php a+b+c
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "a+b+c"
}

php-cli test.php a=b=c
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "a=b=c"
}

php-cli test.php a;b;c
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "a;b;c"
)

The same results for cgi and cli version in 4.2.2 on win.
Only a+b+c seems to be strange with the cgi.

Friedhelm
 [2002-08-13 08:09 UTC] goba@php.net 
Ups, I double checked my PHP version and it as 4.1.2 and not 4.2.1, so I had more strange behaviours with the CGI version... Seems like some things were corrected between 4.1.2 and 4.2.1...
 [2002-08-13 08:36 UTC] holliwell at gmx dot net 
with cgi 4.1.2 on win i get only strange results for a+b+c

php test.php a+b+c
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "test.php"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [2]=>
  string(1) "b"
  [3]=>
  string(1) "c"
}
 [2002-12-26 20:03 UTC] edink@php.net 
This is how CGI binary works. Use CLI (in the cli folder as of 4.3.0) if you don't want those "strange" results.
 
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