diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'sapi/cli/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | sapi/cli/README | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sapi/cli/README b/sapi/cli/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8720250 --- /dev/null +++ b/sapi/cli/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +The CLI (command line interface) SAPI has been introduced +with a goal of making PHP better at supporting the creation of +stand alone applications. + +It is based on CGI SAPI with all CGI specific things removed. + +The main differences between the two: + +* CLI is started up in quiet mode by default. + (-q switch kept for compatibility) +* It does not change the working directory to that of the script. + (-C switch kept for compatibility) +* Plain text error message +* $argc and $argv registered irrespective of the register_argc_argv + php.ini setting. +* implicit_flush always on +* -r option which allows execution of PHP code directly from + the command line (e.g. php -r 'echo md5("test");' ) +* Other more sophisticated command line switches (see: man php) +* max_execution_time is set to unlimited, overriding php.ini setting. |