How to execute PHP from a command line?

[linuxdave]

Hi,

It is possible to execute a php script from the command line in UNIX or Linux by specifying the path to the php executable such as:

#!/path/to/php
<?
//blocks of script
?>

I have not been able to figure out a way to make this work on Windows. Has anyone had any success running php from the command line in Windows, or knows how I could do this?

Thanks,

David

[bernouli]

yes it's possible
to do that in windows simple dl the php.exe file
after that run it with
C:\php\php.exe scriptname.php

[linuxdave]

Well cool. I work on the development of a standalone product that runs in a browser on a users computer. For the purposes we are using php, the dll version of php has suited our needs, and eliminated having to add so much extra stuff to the user's hard drive. Sometimes it is necessary to call php from the command line through another php script, or a compiled c++ program. There has been an issue on Windows 2000 with calling it this way in that the script never seems to terminate.

Anyway, I wonder if it's possible to simply copy the php.exe file without all the other stuff, especially since the web server is using the dll version of php? But then, this doesn't need to be passed through the web server... I think..

Thanks,

David