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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 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
       php-cli.ini    The configuration file for the CLI  version
                      of PHP.

       php.ini        The  standard  configuration file will only
                      be used  when  php-cli.ini  cannot  not  be
                      found.

EXAMPLES
       php -r 'echo "Hello World\n";'
            This  command simply writes the text "Hello World" to
            stabdard 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 exe-
            cuted 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
              


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 Saether Bakken can be
       found here:
       http://www.zend.com/zend/art/intro.php

BUGS
       You can view the list of known bugs or add 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 4.3.6.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1997-2003 The PHP Group

       This  source  file  is  subject  to version 3.0 of the PHP
       license, that is bundled with this  package  in  the  file
       LICENSE, and is available at through the world-wide-web at
       http://www.php.net/license/3_0.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                Feb 2003                      PHP(1)