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 w

Answer 1

Thank you guys for this answers. But I think the accepted answer needs more clarity, As i found difficulty in getting the solution.

1. 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

   or

   php

   example:

   php.exe C:\xampp\htdocs\test.php
   

2. you can open Start >> CMD as administrator and write like

   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.