php from command prompt

[neginf]

New to PHP.

A hello world program that prints "hello world" on a  browser prints a blank line when run from command line.

Have put PHP directory in path and .PHP in pathext.

 

How do you get a PHP program to run from the command prompt ?

 

[requinix]

What's the code for this script you're running? Exactly how are you running it?

[rwhite35]

PHP file: test_php.php

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

from the command line prompt:

yourname$ php test_php.php

 

stndout: Hello World

[requinix]

A hello world program that prints "hello world" on a  browser prints a blank line when run from command line.

Ah, so you actually meant to say it prints "hello world" when run from the command line too.

 

What's the problem?

[AbraCadaver]

Ah, so you actually meant to say it prints "hello world" when run from the command line too.

 

What's the problem?

 

Two different people 

[requinix]

Two different people 

So it is

[neginf]

Helloworld.php was working right from a browser but just printing a blank line from the prompt.

It had html in it, so took it out and also put "php" infront of "helloworld.php" at the prompt and then it worked.

Thank you very much.