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NAME

php - PHP Command Line Interface 'CLI'

SYNOPSIS

php [options] [ -f ] file [[--] args...]
php [options] -r code [[--] args...]
php [options] -- [ args...]

DESCRIPTION

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language

that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded

into HTML. This is the command line interface that enables you to

do the following:

You can parse and execute files by using parameter -f fol

lowed by the name of the file to be executed.

Using parameter -r you can directly execute PHP code sim

ply as you would do inside a .php file when using the eval()

function.

If none of -r or -f is present but a single parameter is

given then this parameter is taken as the filename to parse and

execute (same as with -f). If no parameter is present then the

standard input is read and executed.

OPTIONS

-a Run interactively

-c path|file Look for php.ini file in the directory path

or use the specified file

-n No php.ini file will be used

-d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value bar

-e Generate extended information for debug

ger/profiler

-f file Parse and execute file

-h This help

-i PHP information and configuration

-l Syntax check only (lint)

-m Show compiled in modules

-r code Run PHP code without using script tags

'<?..?>'

-s Display colour syntax highlighted source

-v Version number

-w Display source with stripped comments and

whitespace

-z file Load Zend extension file

args... Arguments passed to script. Use '--' args

when first argument starts with '-' or script is read from stdin

FILES

/etc/php4/cli/php.ini

The configuration file for the CLI version

of PHP.

/etc/php4/cgi/php.ini

The configuration file for the CGI version

of PHP.

/etc/php4/apache/php.ini

The configuration file for the version of

PHP that apache uses.

/etc/php4/apache2/php.ini

The configuration file for the version of

PHP that apache2 uses.

EXAMPLES

php -r 'echo "Hello World_n";'

This command simply writes the text "Hello World" to

standard out.

php -r 'print_r(gd_info());'

This shows the configuration of your gd extension.

You can use this to easily check which imag formats you can use.

If you have any dynamic modules you may want to use the same ini

file that php uses when executed from your webserver. There are

more extensions which have such a function. For dba use:
php -r 'print_r(dba_handlers(1));'

TIPS

You can use a shebang line to automatically invoke php

from scripts. Only the CLI version of PHP will ignore such a

first line as shown below:

#!/bin/php
<?php

// your script

?>

SEE ALSO

For a more or less complete description of PHP look here:
http://www.php.net/manual/

A nice introduction to PHP by Stig Bakken can be found

here:
http://www.zend.com/zend/art/intro.php

BUGS

You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug

you found here:
http://bugs.php.net

AUTHORS

The PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gut

mans, Rasmus Lerdorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski,

Jim Winstead, Andrei Zmievski.

Additional work for the CLI sapi was done by Edin Kadriba

sic and Marcus Boerger.

A List of active developers can be found here:
http://www.php.net/credits.php

And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of

a huge amount of contributors all around the world.

VERSION INFORMATION

This manpage describes php, version 4.4.4-8+etch4.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1997-2006 The PHP Group

This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP li

cense, that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and

is available through the world-wide-web at the following url:
http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt

If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are

unable to obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a

note to license@php.net so we can mail you a copy immediately.

The PHP Group 2006

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