Call a PHP function from the command line

Question

I have a file called address.php with a few functions in it. I want to call a specific function in that file from the command line. How?

The name of the function is

Answer 1

As of PHP 5.1.0 (7.1.0 on windows) PHP can be executed from the shell by running

php -a

This starts PHP's interactive shell. More info here.

With PHP's shell, running you can require files the same way you would from a file.

So if the previous command was run from the folder containing the file:

php > require 'myFile.php';

If it is in a subfolder:

php > require 'path/to/file/myFile.php';

Then execute any function defined in myFile.php.

php > myFunction(myParamsIfAny);

I guess you can use any variable defined in the same file or require any other file containing the variables needed, although I haven't tried it.