In command prompt type below
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\path\to\php
Where C:\path\to\php is the folder where your php.exe file is located. After this run
C:\>php -v
than you will see something like
PHP 7.3.6 (cli) (built: May 29 2019 12:11:00)
UPDATE:
If you find that when you restart your computer, this solution will not work anymore:
Set the Path like as following:
Step 1 - Click on the
Windowsicon
Step 2 - Click on the
Settingsicon
Step 3 - Click on
System
Step 4 - Click on
About
Step 5 - Click on
System info
Step 6 - Click on
Advanced system settings
Step 7 - Click on
Environment variables...
Step 8 - Select
Pathrow and then clickEdit
Step 9 - Click
Newand then clickBrowse, then in the next panel which will open you need to select the folder you want in thePath. For the initial premise of this guide i will add the folderC:\Users\NewFolderInPathNote: Replace your PHP installed path(e.g:
C:\Program Files\php) with the above path .
Step 10 - Click
OKand click everyOKbutton you will encounter to close every previous windows.
In command prompt type below
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\path\to\php
Where C:\path\to\php is the folder where your php.exe file is located. After this run
C:\>php -v
than you will see something like
PHP 7.3.6 (cli) (built: May 29 2019 12:11:00)
UPDATE:
If you find that when you restart your computer, this solution will not work anymore:
Set the Path like as following:
Step 1 - Click on the
Windowsicon
Step 2 - Click on the
Settingsicon
Step 3 - Click on
System
Step 4 - Click on
About
Step 5 - Click on
System info
Step 6 - Click on
Advanced system settings
Step 7 - Click on
Environment variables...
Step 8 - Select
Pathrow and then clickEdit
Step 9 - Click
Newand then clickBrowse, then in the next panel which will open you need to select the folder you want in thePath. For the initial premise of this guide i will add the folderC:\Users\NewFolderInPathNote: Replace your PHP installed path(e.g:
C:\Program Files\php) with the above path .
Step 10 - Click
OKand click everyOKbutton you will encounter to close every previous windows.
You just need to find out where is your PHP folder.
- If you are using XAMPP or WAMP then you will see a php folder.
- You just need to go into the php folder using your cmd using command
cd \xampp\php (FOR XAMPP)
cd \wamp\php (FOR WAMP)
- And then just type in this command
php -v
- Then you will see something like
PHP 5.6.11 (cli) (built: Jul 9 2015 20:55:40) Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
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PHP does not have a running process when being invoked through apache. Instead, the PHP interpreter is executed for each apache request. To test if it is running, put
<?php phpinfo();
in a file named index.php and hit it in your browser.
If PHP is working, as it should with a default install of XAMPP, then you should see some information about your PHP installation on that page.
In a nutshell, apache will run php when it deems necessary (eg. when there's a new request). Try putting a script in C:\xampp\htdocs\mystuff (say, script.php) and go to //localhost/mystuff/script.php with your browser of preference — if it shows up, it's running as it should.
create a file (say info.php) with the following content on an accessible path and try to browse it:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
@Alfabravo is correct: don't forget to delete the file from the server after using it!
Create a PHP script called php.php with the content:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
and run it from your browser. Or from command line, run:
php -v
If the user has added PHP's bin folder to the system PATH, then you should just be able to try and execute php -v to check that it's present.
If you want to obtain the full path to the PHP executable and the target system is Windows Server 2003 or later (so Windows Vista, and Windows 7) then you could use the WHERE command, i.e.:
C:\> where php.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\WAMP\bin\php\php5.3.5\php.exe
Also see possibly related question: Is there an equivalent of 'which' on the Windows command line?.
If you are really desperate to find any file on the user's computer, you could try executing the equivalent of a find - but it's going to be slooow!
C: && cd \ && dir /s /b php.exe
On powershell or commad prompt php -r "echo PHP_VERSION;" gives the version
See other PHP constantas: https://www.php.net/manual/es/reserved.constants.php
to answer your question
php -r "echo PHP_BINARY;" gives the full path to php.exe
if needed, to remove the php.exe
php -r "echo str_replace('php.exe', '', PHP_BINARY);"
hi, I'm new to PHP.
I want to change display_errors to On for debugging, but see many PHP versions installed.
I thought going to http://localhost/first/index.php?language=English&page=phpinfo would give me the version , but it just renders the regular index page.
Ty.