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# $argc

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

$argc — The number of arguments passed to script

### Description

Contains the number of arguments passed to the current script when running from the command line.

> Note: The script's filename is always passed as an argument to the script, therefore the minimum value of $argc is 1.

> Note: This variable is not available when register_argc_argv is disabled.

### Examples

Example #1 $argc example

`<?php
var_dump($argc);
?>`

When executing the example with: php script.php arg1 arg2 arg3

The above example will output something similar to:

    int(4)

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