Posted by Shawn McKenzie on 01/17/05 17:45

Thanks, but I'm not running Windows, I'm running just MS-DOS from a
bootable floppy. Hence my question :-)

PHP seems to actually be the php5ts.dll. Would there be binaries for
MS-DOS or is there a way to get this working?

Thanks!
-Shawn

Jason Barnett wrote:
> Shawn McKenzie wrote:
>
>> I have not been successful with running PHP under DOS (no windows).
>> Is this possible?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Shawn
>
>
> For windows specific questions you are usually better off asking on the
> php-windows list.
>
> Yes this is possible. What is probably happening is your PHP script is
> executing (and ending) so quickly that you don't see the output. Try this:
>
> C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /K "C:\PHP\php.exe -f yourfile.php"
>
> Or if you are lazy like me, try this:
> - Open Windows Explorer
> - Go to Tools -> Folder Options
> - Go to File Types
> - Find the entry for PHP and hit "Advanced"
> - Hit "New"
> - For the name enter something like CLI
> - For the application use C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /K "C:\PHP\php.exe
> -f %1"
>
> At this point you can decide to make this the default action for .php
> files. But at a minimum this should enable you to right-click and run a
> script from the command line.
>
> Merry Christmas (a month late even :)
>

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