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1.1       misho       1: The CLI (command line interface) SAPI has been introduced
                      2: with a goal of making PHP better at supporting the creation of 
                      3: stand alone applications.
                      4: 
                      5: It is based on CGI SAPI with all CGI specific things removed.
                      6: 
                      7: The main differences between the two:
                      8: 
                      9: * CLI is started up in quiet mode by default.
                     10:   (-q switch kept for compatibility)
                     11: * It does not change the working directory to that of the script.
                     12:   (-C switch kept for compatibility)
                     13: * Plain text error message
                     14: * $argc and $argv registered irrespective of register_globals
                     15:   and register_argc_argv php.ini settings.
                     16: * implicit_flush always on
                     17: * -r option which allows execution of PHP code directly from
                     18:   the command line (e.g. php -r 'echo md5("test");' )
                     19: * Other more sophisticated command line switches (see: man php)
                     20: * max_execution_time is set to unlimited, overriding php.ini setting.