PHP does not handle POST data correctly. If I write a HTML Form that
sends some information to the .phtml script, it *does* set the variables
(<input ... name="var" value="val"> DOES result in $var = "val", but $argv
and $argc are not set correctly ($argv[0], $argv[1] etc do not return anything)

html:
<form method=POST action="test.phtml" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<input type="text" name="variable" value="value">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

phtml:
<?; echo $argc; echo $argv; echo $argv[0]; echo $argv[1]; ?>

Possible solution: can I read data directly from STDIN ?

There are no extras compiled in php, except the Apache Support (running Apache 1.3)