Posted by Ben Bean on 11/28/03 11:28

"Ewoud Dronkert" <firstname@lastname.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> Ben Bean wrote:
> > I downloaded the 7MB PHP package for Windows, unzipped it into a
> > directory, and now I want only to do ONE simple thing: use the command
line
>
> 1. Open a command window ("DOS Prompt").
> 2. Go to the drive and directory where you unzipped PHP. If that is
> D:\PHP, that means typing the commands "d:" and "cd \php".
> 3. Type "php -v".
>

I really appreciate that leg up! Many thanks! But WME is one of those weird
exceptions.. it doesn't offer a DOS prompt, I'm pretty dang sure. Instead,
it offers a Start Menu>>Run command line that appears to work correctly for
the current frontmost opened Explorer Window being the start-in directory.
It's weird alright. When I typed "php -v" I saw the DOS-like window open,
and I think I saw it was entitled "php", and I saw some info appear real
fast before it all disappeared, and the php folder WAS my current frontmost
open Explorer window. Yea, I'm utterly lost. If I can't operate php.exe from
its own DOS-like window that appears when you plainly launch it, then I
don't know how I'll ever. Typing "cd", followed by anything, at System "Run"
command prompt, doesn't change directories... instead it simply looks for an
executable named "cd.exe" in the current implied directory. Arghh! Any more
advice please? ..it may help to be familiar with the idiosyncracies of WME.

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