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Serg
Serg

Reputation: 85

Adding PHP interpreter to PATH

I add to global variable PATH the path of the folder that contain php.exe on a Windows machine (Windows U7 x64). But when I type in the console:

php -v

I'm getting:

'php' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

And if I type:

php.exe -v

It works:

PHP 5.5.10 (cli) (built: Mar May 2014 14:49:07) Copyright (c) 1997-2014 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2014 Zend Technologies

Upvotes: 1

Views: 433

Answers (1)

Mofi
Mofi

Reputation: 49085

The environment variable PATH contains the list of folders to search for an application separated by semi-colons.

The environment variable PATHEXT contains also separated by semi-colons the file extensions valid for applications on search for an application if file name of application is specified on command line or in a batch file without file extension.

It looks like on your computer PATHEXT is not correct defined. Standard on Windows is:

PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH

Entering in a command prompt window set path displays PATH and PATHEXT.

See also the remarks section on Microsoft documentation of command start.

Upvotes: 1

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