I use Debian/SIDs standard php4 as of 08/11/2001

Here is the Script to reproduce the Problem:

<?
    var_dump($argv);
?>

When I call the script like this:

nsn@nsn:~ > php4 -q test.php a+b

var_dump tells me I gave the Script 2 Parameters (a and b)
Actually I gave it 1 Parameter ('a+b').

I think PHP url-decodes the argvs before interpretion, but when I call the Script like this:

nsn@nsn:~ > php4 -q test.php a%2bb (with %2b being the url-endoded String for +) PHP does not url-decode the String properly.

As it seems it is not possible to send a string containing the character '+' to PHP on the command line.

please excuse my rather bad english

regards
      Michael Bayer [mo@schlund.de]