What are the limitations of passing parameters to a PHP script in a cron job that is not executed through the web server?

When running a PHP script in a cron job that is not executed through the web server, you cannot pass parameters directly as you would in a URL. Instead, you need to pass the parameters as command-line arguments when calling the PHP script in the cron job. Within the PHP script, you can access these arguments using the $argv array.

<?php
// Example PHP script that accesses command-line arguments passed in a cron job
if ($argc < 2) {
    echo "Usage: php script.php <param1> <param2> ...\n";
    exit(1);
}

// Access command-line arguments passed in the cron job
$param1 = $argv[1];
$param2 = $argv[2];

// Your script logic using the passed parameters
echo "Parameter 1: $param1\n";
echo "Parameter 2: $param2\n";