Opening a PHP file in the command prompt?

[EXiT]

 

I'm trying to open a .php file in the cmd.The location of the file is c:\Apache2\Apache2\htdocs\test.php

In this book im reading it says, it should run in the cmd window but when i type in cd \Apache2\Apache2\htdocs\test.php, it opens the file in a text editor.

 

So, how do i get this to run in the command prompt?

 

Cheers

[p2grace]

The linux command is typing php in front of the file location, I'm not sure if it that works in windows or not but you can give it a try.

[craygo]

what you have to do is run php then the file

 

I use a bat file for one of mine

 

cd c:\php
php path/to/script.php

 

So you have to run the php executable with a parameter pointing to the file

 

Ray

[EXiT]

Thanks for helping!

 

Ok, i opened a new cmd and typed in:

 

cd \php5

Now it says C:\php5>

 

I then typed in:

php Apache2\Apache2\htdocs\test.php

And i get this - Could not open input file: Apache2\Apache2\htdocs\test.php

[EXiT]

Here is a bit of the book:

 

Windows allows you to set up filename associations such that a program can be associated with filenames that end with a particular suffix. This means that you can set up associations so that Perl, Ruby, PHP, or Python are used to execute files with names that end in .pl, .rb, .php, or .py, respectively.

 

It doesn't show you how to do this though.

 

I'm lost  :'(

[p2grace]

Try php.exe and then the location.

 

http://www.phpit.net/article/php-on-command-line/

[craygo]

you will have to use an absolute path

 

like windows i use

 cd c:\php
php c:\hlstats\gungame\ggwins.php

 

The problem is Apache2\Apache2\htdocs\test.php doesn't exist from your php path

 

Ray

[EXiT]

Yay! It works.

 

Thanks