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Stefan
Stefan

Reputation: 35

Windows environment variables not recognized

I'm trying to set some windows environment variables. But for some reason after saving my variable it still can't be used in cmd.

For example PHP: php environment variable

The error I keep getting:

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

I used the Browse File... button to select the php.exe application just to make sure I didn't make any typos. Also I tried to change the value to D:\xampp\php\ this didn't work either.

Restarting windows didn't help. Also typing just D:\xampp\php\php.exe works fine.

Does anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong here?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3614

Answers (1)

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 136880

If you want to use php without specifying its full path you should modify %PATH% (or create a new %PATH% user variable):

D:\xampp\php;%PATH%

%PATH% tells the operating system which directories to search when you try to run things. Make sure to log out and back in after changing this variable.

See also https://superuser.com/q/317631/312289

Upvotes: 2

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