Elementary Getting-Started Questions

[AytchMan]

[This is no doubt covered somewhere but I've looked through some guides and can't puzzle it out.]

 

I'm interested in learning about PHP and writing simple scripts.  I don't want to run it off a server (with, say, Apache).  I just want to run some scripts from the CLI.  So, I downloaded the Windows binary, installed the thing and can get PHP to run (it opens up a PHP box on the desktop).  And that's as far as I've gotten -- I'm unsure as to the next step.  So, two questions:

 

a.  How do I actually create a script for PHP -- in PHP or a text editor or an HTML tool like FirstPage?

 

b.  Then, how and where do I load the script and actually run it?

 

I appreciate any help.

 

[awpti]

Create it in a text editor.

 

Place the file in the same directory as your PHP binary, drop to the command prompt, go to the directory it's in and;

 

php my_script.php

[trq]

a: If your writting script for the cli there is no need for HTML at all. A simple test editor is best.

 

b: Make sure the php binary is within your PATH, then simply open a cmd terminal and execute...

 

php scriptname.php

[AytchMan]

Ahh, I wasn't putting the script in the right directory.  Many thanks.