PHP command line

PHP Cli

• php -i: like phpinfo(); you can use php -i | less to show detail one by one.
• php -f sample.php: run php file in cli.
• php -r: run php code in cli, like php -r "print_r('hi');"
• php -a: Interactive shell for PHP ¹

PHP server

start php server php -S localhost:8000 -t ./

check php model php -m | grep soap

Install xDebug via pecl

pecl install xdebug

PHP 5.4

Pear error “XML Extension not found” ²

sed -i "$ s|\-n||g" /usr/bin/pecl