I heard that PHP can be used without a web server, and it executes like C++ or Java. How can I do that? What program do I use?
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php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.phpmario– mario2011-10-11 22:29:18 +00:00Commented Oct 11, 2011 at 22:29
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You should install PHP on your PC, than you may run php via
/path/to/php /path/to/script.php
on your console.
Besides, on *nix systems you may made it executable (chmod) and add
#!/path/to/php
to head of your script. It will allow you to run it by just calling script
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That's PHP CLI. Command line usage.
Here's all you need http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php
If you're on windows you run a file :
php.exe -f myfile.php
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PHP can be used as a command line scripting language.
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php comes with a php executable (on debian systems, you need to install the package php5-cli). Then, either write a file test.php and execute it on the command line with php test.php, or use the -r argument for short one-liners:
$ php -r 'echo date("%c") . "\n";'
%2011-10-12T00:29:39+02:00
If the executable is not in your PATH, you need to give the full path to php, like /usr/local/bin/php.
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PHP can be executed via command line, but if you're thinking of a GUI or something, that's different. You'd basically be building a website. I don't think you'll be creating native Windows, Mac OSX, iPhone or Android apps any time soon with PHP.
If you want a way to compile PHP, check this out:
http://www.roadsend.com/home/index.php?pageID=compiler
Either way, if you want to run it like C++ or Java, you'll still need PHP on your system as an interpreter. I don't believe you can get around that.
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rickchristie
PHP can be used to code GUI dekstop application, using PHP-GTK library.
Yes, you can use php in a stand-alone fashion. How you obtain a command-line version depends a bit on your platform, in fedora, you can su -c 'yum install php-cli', and then you will have a program called php to run your scripts.
answered Oct 11, 2011 at 22:30
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Doing this entails, if you're on Linux, creating a bash-like script where you specify the PHP interpreter at the top of the file, like this:
#! /your/path/to/php -q
See: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-php-command/
Or just
/your/path/to/php /my/php.file
