Is there any way to test PHP locally without installing a server?

Question

I\'m looking for something like http://phpfiddle.org/, but completely local. I don\'t want to commit to installing something as complex as Apache, then PHP on top of that, j

Answer 1

Use psysh which is a wonderful tool for the purpose you described.

If your project is on Laravel, then it's "built in", as tinker, so you can invoke it as php artisan tinker.