How To Run PHP From Windows Command Line in WAMPServer

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I m new to php and wanted to run php from command line  I have installed WAMP and set the  System Variables  to my php folder   which is C  wamp bin php php5 4 3    When i go to Run -  CMD -  Type php -a and hit enter  it says interactive mode enabled  But when I write echo  Hi   it shows nothing   I even don t see anything like  php    when i type php -a and hit enter

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You can run php pages using php exe  create some php file with php code and in the cmd write   PATH to php ext  php exe  path to file  file php

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The PHP CLI as its called   php for the Command Line Interface   is called php exe It lives in c  wamp bin php php5 x y php exe   where x and y are the version numbers of php that you have installed   If you want to create php scrips to run from the command line then great its easy and very useful  Create yourself a batch file like this  lets call it phppath cmd   PATH  PATH  c  wamp bin php phpx y z php -v  Change x y z to a valid folder name for a version of PHP that you have installed within WAMPServer Save this into one of your folders that is already on your PATH  so you can run it from anywhere  Now from a command window  cd into your source folder and run  gt phppath  Then run  php your script php  It should work like a dream  Here is an example that configures PHP Composer and PEAR if required and they exist  echo off  REM                                                                REM   PLACE This file in a folder that is already on your PATH REM   Or just put it in your C  Windows folder as that is on the REM   Search path by default REM   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - REM   EDIT THE NEXT 3 Parameters to fit your installed WAMPServer REM                                                                  set baseWamp D  wamp set defaultPHPver 7 4 3 set composerInstalled  baseWamp  composer set phpFolder  bin php php  if  1           set phpver  baseWamp  phpFolder  defaultPHPver    else       set phpver  baseWamp  phpFolder  1    PATH  PATH   phpver  php -v echo ---------------------------------------------------------------   REM IF PEAR IS INSTALLED IN THIS VERSION OF PHP  IF exist  phpver  pear       set PHP PEAR SYSCONF DIR  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver      set PHP PEAR INSTALL DIR  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver  pear     set PHP PEAR DOC DIR  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver  docs     set PHP PEAR BIN DIR  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver      set PHP PEAR DATA DIR  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver  data     set PHP PEAR PHP BIN  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver  php exe     set PHP PEAR TEST DIR  baseWamp  phpFolder  phpver  tests      echo PEAR INCLUDED IN THIS CONFIG     echo ---------------------------------------------------------------   else       echo PEAR DOES NOT EXIST IN THIS VERSION OF php     echo ---------------------------------------------------------------    REM IF A GLOBAL COMPOSER EXISTS ADD THAT TOO REM                                                                REM   IF A GLOBAL COMPOSER EXISTS ADD THAT TOO REM   REM   This assumes that composer is installed in  wamp composer REM   REM                                                                IF EXIST  composerInstalled        ECHO COMPOSER INCLUDED IN THIS CONFIG     echo ---------------------------------------------------------------     set COMPOSER HOME  baseWamp  composer     set COMPOSER CACHE DIR  baseWamp  composer      PATH  PATH   baseWamp  composer      rem echo TO UPDATE COMPOSER do  gt  composer self-update     echo ---------------------------------------------------------------   else       echo ---------------------------------------------------------------     echo COMPOSER IS NOT INSTALLED     echo ---------------------------------------------------------------    set baseWamp  set defaultPHPver  set composerInstalled  set phpFolder   Call this command file like this to use the default version of PHP  gt  phppath  Or to get a specific version of PHP like this  gt  phppath 5 6 30

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If you want to just run a quick code snippet you can use the -r option   php -r  echo  hi      -r allows to run code without using script tags  lt      gt

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That is because you are in  Interactive Mode  where php evaluates everything you type  To see the end result  you do  ctrl z  and Enter  You should see the evaluated result now     p s  run the cmd as Administrator

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just do these steps  if you don t need your old php version    open wamp and right click on wamp manager than go   tools Change PHP CLI Version than change php version to latest another time  right click on wamp manager than go   tools Delete unuserd versions and delete the oldest version which your system insist on it to be your pc php version  D go to control panel user account change my environment variables and in PATH variable click edit and add your latest php version path which is in your wamp server bin folder close all command lines or IDEs and restart them and check for php -v   this works well

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The following solution is specifically for wamp environments    This foxed me for a little while  tried all the other suggestions   PATH etc even searched the windows registry looking for clues   The GUI  wampmanager  indicates I have version 7 selected and yes if I phpinfo   in a page in the browser it will tell me its version 7 x x yet php -v in the command prompt reports a 5 x x  If you right click on the wampmanager head to icon- tools- delete unused versions and remove the old version  let it restart the services then the command prompt will return a 7 x x  This solution means you no longer have the old version if you want to switch between php versions but there is a configuration file in C  wamp64 wampmanager conf which appears to specify the version to use with CLI  the parameter is called phpCliVersion   I changed it  restarted the server     thought I had solved it but no effect perhaps I was a little impatient so I have a feeling there may be some mileage in that   Hope that helps someone

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I remember one time when I stumbled upon this issue a few years ago  it s because windows don t have readline  therefore no interactive shell  to use php interactive mode without readline support  you can do this instead   C   gt php -a  Interactive mode enabled    lt  php  echo  Hello  world       gt    Z  Hello  world    After entering interactive mode  type using opening   lt  php  and closing    gt   php tag  and end with control Z   Z  which denotes the end of file   I also recall that I found the solution from php s site user comment  http   www php net manual en features commandline interactive php 105729

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In windows  put your php exe file in windows system32 or any other system executable folders and then go to command line and type php and hit enter following it  if it doesnt generate any error then you are ready to use PHP on command line  If you have set your php exe somewhere else than default system folders then you need to set the path of it in the environment variables  You can get there in following path      control panel -  System -  Edith the environment variables of your account -  Environment Vaiables -  path -  edit then set the absolute path of your php exe there and follow the same procedure as in first paragraph  if nothing in the error department  then you are ready to use php from command line

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Try using batch file   Open notepad type php -S localhost 8000 save file as  bat extension  server bat now click on server bat file your server is ready on http   localhost 8000   Dependency  if you got error php not recognize any internal or external command     then goto environment variable and edit path to php exe      C  wamp bin php php5 4 3

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UPDATED After few research  best solution was to use that info another stackoverflow thread to avoid ctrl z input and also from the scree output  So  instead of php -a you should use call  php exe  -f NAMED SCRIPT php  OLD Readline not possible under Windows  so none of existent php shells written in php will work  But there s a workaround using -a interactive mode   2 commmon problems here  You cannot see result until executes CTRL Z command to indicate the final of code file like EOF  When you do  result in most cases is printed result and fast closed window  Anyway  you will be returned to cmd not the -a interactive mode   Save this content into a  bat file  and define your PHP PATH into Windows variables  or modify php exe to  full path to exe  instead         PHP Shell launch wrapper     ECHO off call  php exe  -a  echo  echo   call  PHP Shell bat    This is a simple Batch launching -a mode of php exe  When it launchs php  stop script even no pause is wrote because is  into  the interactive waiting for input  When you hit CTRL Z  gets the SIGSTEP  next step  not the SIGSTOP  close  CTRL C usually   then read the next intruction  wich is a recursive call to  bat itself  Because you re always into PHP -a mode  no exit command  You must use CTRL C or hit the exit cross with mouse   No alt f4   You can also use  Bat to Exe  converter to easy use

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The problem you are describing sounds like your version of PHP might be missing the readline PHP module  causing the interactive shell to not work  I base this on this PHP bug submission   Try running   php -m   And see if  readline  appears in the output   There might be good reasons for omitting readline from the distribution  PHP is typically executed by a web server  so it is not really need for most use cases  I am sure you can execute PHP code in a file from the command prompt  using   php file php   There is also the phpsh project which provides a  better  interactive shell for PHP  However  some people have had trouble running it under Windows  I did not try  this myself    Edit  According to the documentation here  readline is not supported under Windows      Note  This extension is not available on Windows platforms    So  if that is correct  your options are    Avoid the interactive shell  and just execute PHP code in files from the command line - this should work well Try getting phpsh to work under Windows

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