Php cli manual

From what I'm seeing in other comments here, you don't have readline, and without readline there is no interactive shell. You can use the up and down arrows in interactive mode to recall previous code you ran.

Just a few more notes to add Semicolon to note end of line is still required. If you define a function that you've already defined earlier in your current shell, you will receive a fatal "function already defined" error only upon entering that closing bracket.

And, although "including" a toolset of custom functions or a couple of script addon php files is rather handy, should you edit those files and wish to "reinclude" it again, you'll cause a fatal "function x already defined" error. When adding colours, don't forget that PHP uses the same 'readline' as Bash does, so it has the same need to wrap all colour codes in special marker characters.

If you simply add raw colour codes to the prompt, you will notice that long lines no longer get wrapped correctly -- Readline no longer knows how wide the prompt is. There are no escapes for these -- you have to literally put the control characters in your php-cli. Because after I deleted my history file, "php -a" interactive mode never saved any history anymore.

From then on, PHP is saving history again! I thought this was a bit unusual. Normally, applications recreate their history files themselves. One thing all contributors on this page forgotten is that you can suround an argv with single or double quotes. I'd suggest avoiding it unless you need it for a special case. The CGI version of 4. That is why in the absensce of this environment variable, you get "No input file specified.

I believe this is intended behavior for both situations but creates a problem when you have a CGI wrapper that sends environment variables but passes the actual script name on the command line.

If your php script doesn't run with shebang! If you still get the "Command not found. One of the things I like about perl and vbscripts, is the fact that I can name a file e.

I did the same with the file extension. Then in the 'Details for php3 extention' area I used the 'Change' button to look for the Php. You have to modify also the 'PATH' environment variable, pointing to the folder where the php executable is installed Hope this is useful to somebody. I needed this, you proly wont tho. If you forgot to do that copy of the binary after a rebuild, you can do all kinds of wild goose chasing when things break.

This posting is not a php-only problem, but hopefully will save someone a few hours of headaches. Now what? Was file access mode set for executable? Example 8 --rc example. Show information about the given extension list of php. Example 9 --re example. Show the configuration information for the given Zend extension the same information that is returned by phpinfo.

Show the configuration information for the given extension the same information that is returned by phpinfo. The core configuration information is available using "main" as extension name. Example 10 --ri example.

Usage ». Submit a Pull Request Report a Bug. If we start the php's built in webserver PHP v5. Hence relative addressing is broken in PHP 5. Run PHP interactively. Ignore php. Output a list of command line options with one line descriptions of what they do. Calls phpinfo , and prints out the results. If PHP is not working correctly, it is advisable to use the command php -i and see whether any error messages are printed out before or in place of the information tables.

PHP code to execute for every input line.