Run php code in command line

Question

I just began learning php. I\'ve installed php5 on linux and wrote very simple code just to get going.

How can I run scripts? I tried using the

Answer 1

As already mentioned, you can execute your PHP with the following.

$ php myScript.php

If you wish to pass an argument(s), you can simply do so like this:

$ php myScript.php Apples

In your PHP file you can use this argument by accessing the $argv array like this:

The above would print our "I like Apples". Note the array index is 1 and not 0. 0 is used for script name. In this case $argv would be "myScript.php"

For more info check out my blog post Running PHP from the Command Line - Basics