PHP is not recognized as an internal or external command in command prompt

Question

I got the following error when I run a command with php

C:\\xampp\\htdocs>php
\'php\' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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Answer 1

Add C:\xampp\php to your PATH environment variable.

Then close your command prompt and restart again.

Note:

It's very important to close your command prompt and restart again otherwise changes will not be reflected.