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php in terminal shell misterparker 07-16-2008
Posted by misterparker on July 16, 2008, 9:44 am
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 Hey so I'm not new to php, but I'm no guru either, however recently (6
months) i have gotten a macbook, and have been playing around on the
terminal, come to find if you type "php" in the terminal, i'm pretty
sure its running php, because i can then type code, however, it
doesn't interpret the code until i press CTRL+D (which quits php) does
anyone know what keystroke or how to just interpret the typed code
without logging out for some quick php testing?

Posted by Jerry Stuckle on July 16, 2008, 11:30 am
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 misterparker@gmail.com wrote:
> Hey so I'm not new to php, but I'm no guru either, however recently (6
> months) i have gotten a macbook, and have been playing around on the
> terminal, come to find if you type "php" in the terminal, i'm pretty
> sure its running php, because i can then type code, however, it
> doesn't interpret the code until i press CTRL+D (which quits php) does
> anyone know what keystroke or how to just interpret the typed code
> without logging out for some quick php testing?
>

php -h shows you the command line options. -a executes interactively.

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Posted by Toby A Inkster on July 17, 2008, 8:31 am
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misterparker wrote:

> Hey so I'm not new to php, but I'm no guru either, however recently (6
> months) i have gotten a macbook, and have been playing around on the
> terminal, come to find if you type "php" in the terminal, i'm pretty
> sure its running php, because i can then type code, however, it doesn't
> interpret the code until i press CTRL+D (which quits php) does anyone
> know what keystroke or how to just interpret the typed code without
> logging out for some quick php testing?

The more usual way would be to create a file called "test.php" on your
desktop (or wherever) with all your PHP commands in it, using a text
editor such as TextWrangler <http://barebones.com/>.

Then open your terminal and run "php ~/Desktop/test.php" and you'll see
the output. Keep TextWrangler and the terminal both open at once, and
switch between them, playing around until you get what you want.

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