How To Run PHP From Windows Command Line in WAMPServer

Question

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.

Answer 1

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:\>php -a 
Interactive mode enabled 

 
^Z 
Hello, world!

After entering interactive mode, type using opening () and closing (?>) 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