1: .TH PHP 1 "2013" "The PHP Group" "Scripting Language"
2: .SH NAME
3: php \- PHP Command Line Interface 'CLI'
4: .P
5: php-cgi \- PHP Common Gateway Interface 'CGI' command
6: .SH SYNOPSIS
7: .B php
8: [options] [
9: .B \-f\fP ]
10: .IR file
11: [[\-\-]
12: .IR args.\|.\|. ]
13: .LP
14: .B php
15: [options]
16: .B \-r
17: .IR code
18: [[\-\-]
19: .IR args.\|.\|. ]
20: .LP
21: .B php
22: [options] [\-B
23: .IR begin_code ]
24: .B \-R
25: .IR code
26: [\-E
27: .IR end_code ]
28: [[\-\-]
29: .IR args.\|.\|. ]
30: .LP
31: .B php
32: [options] [\-B
33: .IR begin_code ]
34: .B \-F
35: .IR file
36: [\-E
37: .IR end_code ]
38: [[\-\-]
39: .IR args.\|.\|. ]
40: .LP
41: .B php
42: [options] \-\- [
43: .IR args.\|.\|. ]
44: .LP
45: \fBphp \fP[options] \fB\-a\fP
46: .LP
47: .B php
48: [options] \-S
49: .IR addr:port
50: [\-t
51: .IR docroot ]
52: .LP
53: .SH DESCRIPTION
54: \fBPHP\fP is a widely\-used general\-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for
55: Web development and can be embedded into HTML. This is the command line interface
56: that enables you to do the following:
57: .P
58: You can parse and execute files by using parameter \-f followed by the name of the
59: .IR file
60: to be executed.
61: .LP
62: Using parameter \-r you can directly execute PHP
63: .IR code
64: simply as you would do inside a
65: .B \.php
66: file when using the
67: .B eval()
68: function.
69: .LP
70: It is also possible to process the standard input line by line using either
71: the parameter \-R or \-F. In this mode each separate input line causes the
72: .IR code
73: specified by \-R or the
74: .IR file
75: specified by \-F to be executed.
76: You can access the input line by \fB$argn\fP. While processing the input lines
77: .B $argi
78: contains the number of the actual line being processed. Further more
79: the parameters \-B and \-E can be used to execute
80: .IR code
81: (see \-r) before and
82: after all input lines have been processed respectively. Notice that the
83: input is read from
84: .B STDIN
85: and therefore reading from
86: .B STDIN
87: explicitly changes the next input line or skips input lines.
88: .LP
89: PHP also contains an built-in web server for application development purpose. By using the \-S option where
90: .B addr:port
91: point to a local address and port PHP will listen to HTTP requests on that address and port and serve files from the current working directory or the
92: .B docroot
93: passed by the \-t option.
94: .LP
95: If none of \-r \-f \-B \-R \-F \-E or \-S is present but a single parameter is given
96: then this parameter is taken as the filename to parse and execute (same as
97: with \-f). If no parameter is present then the standard input is read and
98: executed.
99: .SH OPTIONS
100: .TP 15
101: .PD 0
102: .B \-\-interactive
103: .TP
104: .PD 1
105: .B \-a
106: Run PHP interactively. This lets you enter snippets of PHP code that directly
107: get executed. When readline support is enabled you can edit the lines and also
108: have history support.
109: .TP
110: .PD 0
111: .B \-\-bindpath \fIaddress:port\fP|\fIport\fP
112: .TP
113: .PD 1
114: .B \-b \fIaddress:port\fP|\fIport\fP
115: Bind Path for external FASTCGI Server mode (CGI only).
116: .TP
117: .PD 0
118: .B \-\-no\-chdir
119: .TP
120: .PD 1
121: .B \-C
122: Do not chdir to the script's directory (CGI only).
123: .TP
124: .PD 0
125: .B \-\-no\-header
126: .TP
127: .PD 1
128: .B \-q
129: Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP header output (CGI only).
130: .TP
131: .PD 0
132: .B \-\-timing \fIcount\fP
133: .TP
134: .PD 1
135: .B \-T \fIcount\fP
136: Measure execution time of script repeated count times (CGI only).
137: .TP
138: .PD 0
139: .B \-\-php\-ini \fIpath\fP|\fIfile\fP
140: .TP
141: .PD 1
142: .B \-c \fIpath\fP|\fIfile\fP
143: Look for
144: .B php.ini
145: file in the directory
146: .IR path
147: or use the specified
148: .IR file
149: .TP
150: .PD 0
151: .B \-\-no\-php\-ini
152: .TP
153: .PD 1
154: .B \-n
155: No
156: .B php.ini
157: file will be used
158: .TP
159: .PD 0
160: .B \-\-define \fIfoo\fP[=\fIbar\fP]
161: .TP
162: .PD 1
163: .B \-d \fIfoo\fP[=\fIbar\fP]
164: Define INI entry
165: .IR foo
166: with value
167: .IR bar
168: .TP
169: .B \-e
170: Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
171: .TP
172: .PD 0
173: .B \-\-file \fIfile\fP
174: .TP
175: .PD 1
176: .B \-f \fIfile\fP
177: Parse and execute
178: .IR file
179: .TP
180: .PD 0
181: .B \-\-help
182: .TP
183: .PD 1
184: .B \-h
185: This help
186: .TP
187: .PD 0
188: .B \-\-hide\-args
189: .TP
190: .PD 1
191: .B \-H
192: Hide script name (\fIfile\fP) and parameters (\fIargs\.\.\.\fP) from external
193: tools. For example you may want to use this when a php script is started as
194: a daemon and the command line contains sensitive data such as passwords.
195: .TP
196: .PD 0
197: .B \-\-info
198: .TP
199: .PD 1
200: .B \-i
201: PHP information and configuration
202: .TP
203: .PD 0
204: .B \-\-syntax\-check
205: .TP
206: .PD 1
207: .B \-l
208: Syntax check only (lint)
209: .TP
210: .PD 0
211: .B \-\-modules
212: .TP
213: .PD 1
214: .B \-m
215: Show compiled in modules
216: .TP
217: .PD 0
218: .B \-\-run \fIcode\fP
219: .TP
220: .PD 1
221: .B \-r \fIcode\fP
222: Run PHP
223: .IR code
224: without using script tags
225: .B '<?..?>'
226: .TP
227: .PD 0
228: .B \-\-process\-begin \fIcode\fP
229: .TP
230: .PD 1
231: .B \-B \fIbegin_code\fP
232: Run PHP
233: .IR begin_code
234: before processing input lines
235: .TP
236: .PD 0
237: .B \-\-process\-code \fIcode\fP
238: .TP
239: .PD 1
240: .B \-R \fIcode\fP
241: Run PHP
242: .IR code
243: for every input line
244: .TP
245: .PD 0
246: .B \-\-process\-file \fIfile\fP
247: .TP
248: .PD 1
249: .B \-F \fIfile\fP
250: Parse and execute
251: .IR file
252: for every input line
253: .TP
254: .PD 0
255: .B \-\-process\-end \fIcode\fP
256: .TP
257: .PD 1
258: .B \-E \fIend_code\fP
259: Run PHP
260: .IR end_code
261: after processing all input lines
262: .TP
263: .PD 0
264: .B \-\-syntax\-highlight
265: .TP
266: .PD 1
267: .B \-s
268: Output HTML syntax highlighted source
269: .TP
270: .PD 0
271: .B \-\-server \fIaddr:port\fP
272: .TP
273: .PD 1
274: .B \-S \fIaddr:port\fP
275: Start built-in web server on the given local address and port
276: .TP
277: .PD 0
278: .B \-\-docroot \fIdocroot\fP
279: .TP
280: .PD 1
281: .B \-t \fIdocroot\fP
282: Specify the document root to be used by the built-in web server
283: .TP
284: .PD 0
285: .B \-\-version
286: .TP
287: .PD 1
288: .B \-v
289: Version number
290: .TP
291: .PD 0
292: .B \-\-strip
293: .TP
294: .PD 1
295: .B \-w
296: Output source with stripped comments and whitespace
297: .TP
298: .PD 0
299: .B \-\-zend\-extension \fIfile\fP
300: .TP
301: .PD 1
302: .B \-z \fIfile\fP
303: Load Zend extension
304: .IR file
305: .TP
306: .IR args.\|.\|.
307: Arguments passed to script. Use
308: .B '\-\-'
309: .IR args
310: when first argument starts with
311: .B '\-'
312: or script is read from stdin
313: .TP
314: .PD 0
315: .B \-\-rfunction
316: .IR name
317: .TP
318: .PD 1
319: .B \-\-rf
320: .IR name
321: Shows information about function
322: .B name
323: .TP
324: .PD 0
325: .B \-\-rclass
326: .IR name
327: .TP
328: .PD 1
329: .B \-\-rc
330: .IR name
331: Shows information about class
332: .B name
333: .TP
334: .PD 0
335: .B \-\-rextension
336: .IR name
337: .TP
338: .PD 1
339: .B \-\-re
340: .IR name
341: Shows information about extension
342: .B name
343: .TP
344: .PD 0
345: .B \-\-rzendextension
346: .IR name
347: .TP
348: .PD 1
349: .B \-\-rz
350: .IR name
351: Shows information about Zend extension
352: .B name
353: .TP
354: .PD 0
355: .B \-\-rextinfo
356: .IR name
357: .TP
358: .PD 1
359: .B \-\-ri
360: .IR name
361: Shows configuration for extension
362: .B name
363: .TP
364: .B \-\-ini
365: Show configuration file names
366: .SH FILES
367: .TP 15
368: .B php\-cli.ini
369: The configuration file for the CLI version of PHP.
370: .TP
371: .B php.ini
372: The standard configuration file will only be used when
373: .B php\-cli.ini
374: cannot be found.
375: .SH EXAMPLES
376: .TP 5
377: \fIphp \-r 'echo "Hello World\\n";'\fP
378: This command simply writes the text "Hello World" to standard out.
379: .TP
380: \fIphp \-r 'print_r(gd_info());'\fP
381: This shows the configuration of your gd extension. You can use this
382: to easily check which image formats you can use. If you have any
383: dynamic modules you may want to use the same ini file that php uses
384: when executed from your webserver. There are more extensions which
385: have such a function. For dba use:
386: .RS
387: \fIphp \-r 'print_r(dba_handlers(1));'\fP
388: .RE
389: .TP
390: \fIphp \-R 'echo strip_tags($argn)."\\n";'\fP
391: This PHP command strips off the HTML tags line by line and outputs the
392: result. To see how it works you can first look at the following PHP command
393: \'\fIphp \-d html_errors=1 \-i\fP\' which uses PHP to output HTML formatted
394: configuration information. If you then combine those two
395: \'\fIphp \.\.\.|php \.\.\.\fP\' you'll see what happens.
396: .TP
397: \fIphp \-E 'echo "Lines: $argi\\n";'\fP
398: Using this PHP command you can count the lines being input.
399: .TP
400: \fIphp \-R '@$l+=count(file($argn));' \-E 'echo "Lines:$l\\n";'\fP
401: In this example PHP expects each input line being a file. It counts all lines
402: of the files specified by each input line and shows the summarized result.
403: You may combine this with tools like find and change the php scriptlet.
404: .TP
405: \fIphp \-R 'echo "$argn\\n"; fgets(STDIN);'\fP
406: Since you have access to STDIN from within \-B \-R \-F and \-E you can skip
407: certain input lines with your code. But note that in such cases $argi only
408: counts the lines being processed by php itself. Having read this you will
409: guess what the above program does: skipping every second input line.
410: .SH TIPS
411: You can use a shebang line to automatically invoke php
412: from scripts. Only the CLI version of PHP will ignore
413: such a first line as shown below:
414: .P
415: .PD 0
416: .RS
417: #!/bin/php
418: .P
419: <?php
420: .P
421: // your script
422: .P
423: ?>
424: .RE
425: .PD 1
426: .P
427: .SH SEE ALSO
428: For a more or less complete description of PHP look here:
429: .PD 0
430: .P
431: .B http://www.php.net/manual/
432: .PD 1
433: .P
434: .SH BUGS
435: You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you
436: found at:
437: .PD 0
438: .P
439: .B http://bugs.php.net
440: .PD 1
441: .SH AUTHORS
442: The PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Lerdorf, Sam Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, Andrei Zmievski.
443: .P
444: Additional work for the CLI sapi was done by Edin Kadribasic, Marcus Boerger and Johannes Schlueter.
445: .P
446: A List of active developers can be found here:
447: .PD 0
448: .P
449: .B http://www.php.net/credits.php
450: .PD 1
451: .P
452: And last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount of
453: contributors all around the world.
454: .SH VERSION INFORMATION
455: This manpage describes \fBphp\fP, version @PHP_VERSION@.
456: .SH COPYRIGHT
457: Copyright \(co 1997\-2013 The PHP Group
458: .LP
459: This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license,
460: that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE, and is
461: available through the world-wide-web at the following url:
462: .PD 0
463: .P
464: .B http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt
465: .PD 1
466: .P
467: If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are unable to
468: obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send a note to
469: .B license@php.net
470: so we can mail you a copy immediately.
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