$_SERVER['argv'] with HTTP GET and CLI issue

Question

I\'m trying to write down a script to fetch some online data; script should be invoked either by a cron job or php cli and with standard GET HTTP re

Answer 1

You will have to use $_GET or $_SERVER['argv'] depending on how your script is called. Neither one is used for both.

For example:

if(!empty($_SERVER['argv'][0]) {
  $a = $_SERVER['argv'][1];
  $b = $_SERVER['argv'][2];
} else {
  $a = $_GET['a'];
  $b = $_GET['b'];
}