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<div id="reserved.variables.argc" class="refentry">
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<h1 class="refname">$argc</h1>
<p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">$argc</span> — <span class="dc-title">The number of arguments passed to script</span></p>
</div>
<a name="reserved.variables.argc.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">
Contains the number of arguments passed to the current script when running
from the <a href="features.commandline.php" class="link">command line</a>.
</p>
<blockquote><p><b class="note">Note</b>:
<span class="simpara">
The script's filename is always passed as an argument to the script, therefore
the minimum value of <var class="varname">$argc</var> is <i>1</i>.
</span>
</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><b class="note">Note</b>:
<span class="simpara">
This variable is only available when <a href="ini.core.php#ini.register-argc-argv" class="link">register_argc_argv</a>
is enabled.
</span>
</p></blockquote>
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<a name="reserved.variables.argc.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <var class="varname">$argc</var> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />var_dump</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$argc</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<div class="example-contents simpara"><p>
When executing the example with: php script.php arg1 arg2 arg3
</p></div>
<div class="example-contents para"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
int(4)
</pre></div>
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</p>
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