How do I make PHP run in Windows without Apache?

jenamae

As the title says, "How do I make PHP run in Windows without Apache?"

ahundiak

From a dos window type
php -v
And asssuming you have a path setup to the directory containing php.exe then it will run.
Probably won't do what you want it to do but it does run.

An alternative approach is to use the the Microsoft IIs or some other web server.

thorpe

"How do I make PHP run in Windows without Apache?"

that depends really. do you want to make web apps with it? or do you just want to use it as a general scripting language?

if you want to build web apps, you need a webserver, and as ahundiak said, you could use IIS, but i prefer apache.

if you want to use it as a general scripting environment, then yeah, you can run it from the command line.

mrbaseball34

I have written an application that lets you test your PHP scripts without a web server.
It basically runs the PHP file and pipes all output to a file and then shows the file in
a webbrowser control in the app. Written in Delphi 7.

Interested?

jenamae

yes mrbaseball34..I'm sorta interested in that kind of application. How do I get it?

In other terms, how do I run it with an IIS? and whats its difference from a generel scripting langauge to a usage for a web application?

Sorry, I'm a little new with these stuffs... 🙂

mrbaseball34

Well, my application I built to test my scripts without any webserver. Requirements are
Windows, and IE5+, and of course, PHP.

But since you have IIS installed, you need to configure IIS to work with PHP. See this doc
here: http://us2.php.net/install.windows

If you still want the app, contact me at mr_delphi_developer at yahoo dot com.

jenamae

thanks for the help mrbaseball34...🙂