running PHP from linux command line

[phpbuilderpro]

Hi,

I tried to do this from the linux command line of my web server:

root@server1 [/usr/local/bin]# !/usr/local/bin/php -q
/usr/local/bin/php -q -dmemory_limit=512M -dsafe_mode=Off -q
<?php
print "Hello World!";
?>

Here are my questions

1. how can save the above code to a file while still in the PHP CLI?

2. can I execute the above PHP code without saving it to a file, while still in the PHP CLI?

3. Do I need to use SheBang?

Your help is highly appreciated
Thanks

[sneakyimp]

Let me guess. You typed that and it didn't work.

What are you trying to do exactly?

[phpbuilderpro]

sneakyimp;10963417 wrote:

Let me guess. You typed that and it didn't work.

What are you trying to do exactly?

I am trying to create a php code in CLI and then execute it. After I wrote the php scripts, i did not know what to do next to test it. If I press enter it will just give me a new line. I am trying to learn how to work with php from the command line.

Do I need to save the code to a file before testing it?

[dagon]

wouldn't it be easier to create a file and run that?

php file.php

[phpbuilderpro]

dagon;10963492 wrote:

wouldn't it be easier to create a file and run that?

php file.php

I was looking for the interactive command line feature. Can you help me with that?

[dagon]

phpbuilderpro;10964247 wrote:

I was looking for the interactive command line feature. Can you help me with that?

not sure what you are trying to achieve.

[danny0085]

Here you can check out the most used linux commands .