Posted by Jason Barnett on 01/17/05 17:33

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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