‘php.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Question

‘php.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Why does that error occur even though

Answer 1

This happened to me and I found why.

Xampp can't run properly depending on your UAC settings.

Try to do this:

1. Log in as administrator (running cmd.exe as administrator isn't enough)

2. Execute cmd.exe or equivalent

3. type php -version