I\'m using a shared host (fasthostingdirect) and for some reason they have this flag turned off by default. This means I\'m unable to access PHP command line parameters... u
The ini_set('register_argc_argv', 1) does not work because by the time the code is executed, they have already been registered (or not).
ini_set('register_argc_argv', 1)
It seems you are able to run php directly, so copy your own php.ini file and pass it:
php
php.ini
php -c yourphp.ini