how to access the command line for xampp on windows

Question

I am running Xampp on my Windows 7 machine and was wondering if and how I could run commands for xampp via a command line  commands like php phpfile php  Any advice would be appreciated

User · Answer

In case some one wants to know how to set up Environment variables

Click on the windows button on the bottom left and go to System
Click the Advanced System Settings link in the left column
In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab, then click the Environment Variables button near the bottom of that tab.
In the Environment Variables window , highlight the Path variable in the "System variables" section and click the Edit button. Add the path lines with the paths you want the computer to access.

Once you have done that you can run using the command from the start->command line as below

php <path to file location>

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Thank you guys for this answers  But I think the accepted answer needs more clarity  As i found difficulty in getting the solution    We may set the environment variable as mentioned in the answer by w0rldart    In this case after seting envmnt var  we may run the phpFile by opening start    CMD and typing commands like   php exe  lt path to file location gt   or  php  lt path to file location gt   example   php exe C  xampp htdocs test php  you can open Start    CMD as administrator and write like   lt path to php exe in xampp s php folder gt   lt path to file location gt   example   C  xampp php php exe C  xampp htdocs test php   or  C  xampp php php C  xampp htdocs test php    Hopes this will help somebody

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XAMPP does not have a pre build console to run php or mysql commands  so  you have to add to windows PATH environment variables  these 2   C  xampp mysql bin C  xampp php   Then you should be able to execute php and mysql commands from the CMD   UPDATE  I tested it  and it works

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Please renember   When you change the path variable  you need to restart the console otherwise the path variable is not updated and does not seem to work

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In the version 3 2 4 of the XAMPP Control Panel  there is button that can open a command line prompt  red rectangle in the next figure   After pressing the button  you will see the command prompt window   From this window you can navigate through the different folders and start the different services available

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Like all other had said above  you need to add path  But not sure for what reason if I add C  xampp php in path of System Variable won t work but if I add it in path of User Variable work fine     Although I had added and using other command line tools by adding in system variables work fine  So just in case if someone had same problem as me  Windows 10

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Xampp has the php application under  C  xampp php file directory     if you input C  xampp php php in CMD it should enter the php application

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Run PHP file from command Promp   Please set Environment Variable as per below mention steps    Right Click on MY Computer Icon and Click on Properties or Go to  Control Panel System and Security System   Select  Advanced System Settings  and select  Advance  Tab Now Select  Environment Variable  option and select  Path  from  System Variables  and click on  Edit  button Now set path where php exe file is available - For example if XAMPP install in to C  drive then Path is  C  xampp php  After set path Click Ok and Apply    Now open Command prompt where your source file are available and run command  php test php

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You can set environment variables as mentioned in the other answers  like here   or  you can open Start   CMD as administrator and write  C  xampp php phpfile php

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