How To Setup PHP CLI on Windows XP

In this tutorial I will tell you how to setup or run php through command line. It’s very easy steps process, to configure php command line we need to change to windows environ variables.
The environment variable set to all users’ not only specific account, to prevent this you modify environment variable on your user account, So it will effect only your account.

setup PHP CLI on Windows XP

Step 1:Open control panel
Step 2:Go to System
Step 3:Go to Advanced System Settings

setup PHP CLI on Windows XP

Step 4:Click Environment variables

Step 4 - Click Environment variables

Step 5: Click edit variables

Click edit variables

Step 6: Now paste your php path
Variable name: Path
Variable value: %PATH%;C:\path\to\php
acoording my machines: C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.5

Now paste your php path

Step 7: Now restart system and open command line run below command
php -v

Step 8: result:

Step 8

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