See issue 1218: generate $argv and $argc from $_SERVER if it wasn't defined.

boot.php

@@ -2388,3 +2388,11 @@ if(!function_exists('exif_imagetype')) {
                 return($size[2]);
         }
 }
+
+// See https://github.com/friendica/friendica/issues/1218
+// Try to get the values for $argv and $argc via the $_SERVER array
+if (!isset($argv) && array_key_exists('argv', $_SERVER))
+	$argv = $_SERVER['argv'];
+
+if (!isset($argc) && array_key_exists('argc', $_SERVER))
+	$argv = $_SERVER['argc'];

include/dbupdate.php

@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@ if (array_search(__file__,get_included_files())===0){
   dbupdate_run($argv,$argc);
   killme();
 }
-

testargs.php

@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@
 
 if(($argc > 1) && isset($argv[1]))
 	echo $argv[1];
+elseif(($_SERVER["argc"] > 1) && isset($_SERVER["argv"][1]))
+	echo $_SERVER["argv"][1];
 else
 	echo '';