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# CLI and CGI

In PHP 5 there were some changes in CLI and CGI filenames. In PHP 5, the CGI version was renamed to `php-cgi.exe` (previously `php.exe`) and the CLI version now sits in the main directory (previously `cli/php.exe`).

In PHP 5 it was also introduced a new mode: `php-win.exe`. This is equal to the CLI version, except that php-win doesn't output anything and thus provides no console (no "dos box" appears on the screen). This behavior is similar to php-gtk.

In PHP 5, the CLI version will always populate the global $argv and $argc variables regardless of any `php.ini` directive setting. Even having register_argc_argv set to off will have no affect in CLI.

See also the commandline reference.

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