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user441521
user441521

Reputation: 6998

PHP Interpreter for Windows

Trying to mess around with PHP, but I don't want to install IIS or Apache and was hoping for a small interpreter that I can pass the scripts to and have them run in like a console or something. Much like Lua does. Does this exist? When I go to download PHP it seems to only talk about running it on IIS or Apache.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 5270

Answers (6)

dtech
dtech

Reputation: 14070

PHP can be used on the command line. Just download and extract the executable.

Running can be done 3 ways: a file, supplied code or in an interactive shell

php file.php
php -r "echo 'hello';"
php -a

You can also install a pre-packaged server (e.g. XAMPP) or run your code online on various places (e.g. phpfiddle.com)

Upvotes: 8

Eineki
Eineki

Reputation: 14959

With PHP 5.1+ you have an interactive shell too:

launch php with -a parameter

php.exe -a

http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.interactive.php

Upvotes: 2

Katana314
Katana314

Reputation: 8620

dtech's answer seems most fitting for the simple script-running things you're looking for. If you decide you want an actual web-server, with as little setup as possible, look at "XAMPP".

Upvotes: 0

Phil Cross
Phil Cross

Reputation: 9302

http://php.net/cli

Alternatively, you can write your PHP scripts as you would normally (with some limitations),

And use the following command line:

C:\php.exe -f "D:\phpFile.php"

Upvotes: 0

Riccardo
Riccardo

Reputation: 1520

check out easyphp, a server for php development

Upvotes: 0

Patrick
Patrick

Reputation: 3441

I believe that PHP v5.4 comes with its own webserver built-in. Install that version and you should be fine. Though I really would like to know why you have problem with installing Apache (IIS sucks though).

EDIT: As a few others have said, you can run PHP from the command line.

Upvotes: 0

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