Running Codeigniter via CLI outputs website root instead of expected result

Question

I\'m following this tutorial on running Codeigniter via the CLI. I\'ve done everything they\'ve done (copied and pasted) now when I run this command, it doesn\'t do

Answer 1

Ok sorry to say but here on this page https://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/cli.html

They didn't mention whether the root path of the folder where we place the codeigniter or the controllers folder. I searched a lot over that issue. I tried different things and then I found that.

before that set PHP to your PATH environment variables {Run php file in windows CMD}

after setting the PATH environment variables

1. go to cmd
2. cd the path where you put codeigniter (i.e CI/)
3. php index.php/tools/message

you will get

Hello World!

on to your cmd screen.