If PHP isn't linked against libedit/libreadline then you won't get the nice interactive command-line. I have no idea if the Windows build is built against either of those libraries or whether those libraries even work on Windows, but if you are not getting the nice command line editing, that is likely the cause. -Rasmus Libor Jelinek wrote: > Please look at these articles what I mean... PHP should contains live > interactive console (like Perl or Python have also) to test short > snippets of code. > > http://blog.thinkphp.de/archives/44-More-PHP-power-on-the-command-line.html > http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/11023.htm > > But I don't know how to send typed snippet for execution. > > It should works like this: > > % php -a > interactive mode enabled > > php > $foo = 1; > php > $bar = 4; > php > echo $foo + $bar; > 5 > > -- > Libor > > 2009/12/27 Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@xxxxxxxxx>: >> php.exe -r "echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s');" works for me on windows. >> >> Tyrael >> >> 2009/12/27 Libor <ljelinek@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> Hi all, >>> I don't know if I am stupid or what but I can't find out how to send typed >>> code to execute. >>> >>>> php.exe -a >>> Interactive mode enabled >>> >>> Pressing <Enter> or <Ctrl-D> didn't execute code. Please, help me! >>> >>> (I am running PHP 5.3.0 on Win XP.) >>> >>> Thanks >>> Libor >>> >>> -- >>> PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>> >>> > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php