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Subject:    [DOC-CVS] =?utf-8?q?svn:_/phpdoc/en/trunk/features/_commandline.xml?=
From:       "=?utf-8?q?Daniel_P._Brown?=" <danbrown () php ! net>
Date:       2010-11-29 17:04:30
Message-ID: svn-danbrown-1291050270-305839-1546291798 () svn ! php ! net
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danbrown                                 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:04:30 +0000

Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=305839

Log:
Rewrite of $argv blurb, which not only contained a typo, but was rather confusing in its present form.

Changed paths:
    U   phpdoc/en/trunk/features/commandline.xml

Modified: phpdoc/en/trunk/features/commandline.xml
===================================================================
--- phpdoc/en/trunk/features/commandline.xml	2010-11-29 15:50:21 UTC (rev 305838)
+++ phpdoc/en/trunk/features/commandline.xml	2010-11-29 17:04:30 UTC (rev 305839)
@@ -1075,9 +1075,14 @@
    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 <varname>$argv</varname>. The zero index always contains the
-   script name (which is <literal>-</literal> in case the PHP codeis coming from
-   either standard input or from the command line switch <option>-r</option>).
+   global array <varname>$argv</varname>. The first index (zero) always contains the
+   name of the script as called from the command line.  Note that, if the code is
+   executed in-line using the command line switch <option>-r</option>, the value of
+   <varname>$argv[0]</varname> will be simply a dash (<literal>-</literal>).  The
+   same is true if the code is executed via a pipe from <literal>STDIN</literal>.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
    The second registered global variable is <varname>$argc</varname> which
    contains the number of elements in the <varname>$argv</varname> array
    (<emphasis role="strong">not</emphasis> the number of arguments passed to the



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