php(1)                             Scripting Language                            php(1)

NAME
       php - PHP Command Line Interface 'CLI'

       php-cgi - PHP Common Gateway Interface 'CGI' command

SYNOPSIS
       php [options] [ -f ] file [[--] args...]

       php [options] -r code [[--] args...]

       php [options] [-B begin_code] -R code [-E end_code] [[--] args...]

       php [options] [-B begin_code] -F file [-E end_code] [[--] args...]

       php [options] -- [ args...]

       php [options] -a

       php [options] -S addr:port [-t docroot]

DESCRIPTION
       PHP  is  a  widely-used  general-purpose  scripting  language that is especially
       suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. This  is  the  command
       line interface that enables you to do the following:

       You  can  parse  and execute files by using parameter -f followed by the name of
       the file to be executed.

       Using parameter -r you can directly execute PHP code  simply  as  you  would  do
       inside a .php file when using the eval() function.

       It  is also possible to process the standard input line by line using either the
       parameter -R or -F. In this mode each separate input line causes the code speci‐
       fied by -R or the file specified by -F to be executed.  You can access the input
       line by $argn. While processing the input lines $argi contains the number of the
       actual  line  being processed. Further more the parameters -B and -E can be used
       to execute code (see -r) before and after all input lines  have  been  processed
       respectively.  Notice  that  the  input is read from STDIN and therefore reading
       from STDIN explicitly changes the next input line or skips input lines.

       PHP also contains an built-in web server for application development purpose. By
       using  the  -S option where addr:port point to a local address and port PHP will
       listen to HTTP requests on that address and port and serve files from  the  cur‐
       rent working directory or the docroot passed by the -t option.

       If  none  of  -r -f -B -R -F -E or -S is present but a single parameter is given
       then this parameter is taken as the filename to parse and execute (same as  with
       -f). If no parameter is present then the standard input is read and executed.

OPTIONS
       --interactive
       -a             Run  PHP  interactively. This lets you enter snippets of PHP code
                      that directly get executed. When readline support is enabled  you
                      can edit the lines and also have history support.

       --bindpath address:port|port
       -b address:port|port
                      Bind Path for external FASTCGI Server mode (CGI only).

       --no-chdir
       -C             Do not chdir to the script's directory (CGI only).

       --no-header
       -q             Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP header output (CGI only).

       --timing count
       -T count       Measure execution time of script repeated count times (CGI only).

       --php-ini path|file
       -c path|file   Look  for php.ini file in the directory path or use the specified
                      file

       --no-php-ini
       -n             No php.ini file will be used

       --define foo[=bar]
       -d foo[=bar]   Define INI entry foo with value bar

       -e             Generate extended information for debugger/profiler

       --file file
       -f file        Parse and execute file

       --help
       -h             This help

       --hide-args
       -H             Hide script name (file) and parameters  (args...)  from  external
                      tools.  For example you may want to use this when a php script is
                      started as a daemon and the command line contains sensitive  data
                      such as passwords.

       --info
       -i             PHP information and configuration

       --syntax-check
       -l             Syntax check only (lint)

       --modules
       -m             Show compiled in modules

       --run code
       -r code        Run PHP code without using script tags '<?..?>'

       --process-begin code
       -B begin_code  Run PHP begin_code before processing input lines

       --process-code code
       -R code        Run PHP code for every input line

       --process-file file
       -F file        Parse and execute file for every input line

       --process-end code
       -E end_code    Run PHP end_code after processing all input lines

       --syntax-highlight
       -s             Output HTML syntax highlighted source

       --server addr:port
       -S addr:port   Start built-in web server on the given local address and port

       --docroot docroot
       -t docroot     Specify the document root to be used by the built-in web server

       --version
       -v             Version number

       --strip
       -w             Output source with stripped comments and whitespace

       --zend-extension file
       -z file        Load Zend extension file

       args...        Arguments  passed  to  script.  Use '--' args when first argument
                      starts with '-' or script is read from stdin

       --rfunction    name
       --rf           name Shows information about function name

       --rclass       name
       --rc           name Shows information about class name

       --rextension   name
       --re           name Shows information about extension name

       --rzendextension
                      name
       --rz           name Shows information about Zend extension name

       --rextinfo     name
       --ri           name Shows configuration for extension name

       --ini          Show configuration file names

FILES
       /etc/php/@PHP_MAJOR_VERSION@.@PHP_MINOR_VERSION@/cli/php.ini
                      The configuration file for the CLI version of PHP.

       +.B /etc/php/@PHP_MAJOR_VERSION@.@PHP_MINOR_VERSION@/cgi/php.ini
                      +The configuration file for the CGI version  of  PHP.   +.TP  +.B
                      /etc/php/@PHP_MAJOR_VERSION@.@PHP_MINOR_VERSION@/apache2/php.ini
                      +The configuration file for the version of PHP that apache2 uses.

EXAMPLES
       php -r 'echo "Hello World\n";'
            This command simply writes the text "Hello World" to standard out.

       php -r 'print_r(gd_info());'
            This shows the configuration of your gd extension. You can use this to eas‐
            ily  check which image formats you can use. If you have any dynamic modules
            you may want to use the same ini file that php uses when executed from your
            webserver.  There  are  more extensions which have such a function. For dba
            use:
            php -r 'print_r(dba_handlers(1));'

       php -R 'echo strip_tags($argn)."\n";'
            This PHP command strips off the HTML tags line  by  line  and  outputs  the
            result. To see how it works you can first look at the following PHP command
            ´php -d html_errors=1 -i´ which uses PHP to output HTML formatted  configu‐
            ration  information. If you then combine those two ´php ...|php ...´ you'll
            see what happens.

       php -E 'echo "Lines: $argi\n";'
            Using this PHP command you can count the lines being input.

       php -R '@$l+=count(file($argn));' -E 'echo "Lines:$l\n";'
            In this example PHP expects each input line being a  file.  It  counts  all
            lines  of  the  files specified by each input line and shows the summarized
            result.  You may combine this with tools  like  find  and  change  the  php
            scriptlet.

       php -R 'echo "$argn\n"; fgets(STDIN);'
            Since  you  have  access  to STDIN from within -B -R -F and -E you can skip
            certain input lines with your code. But note that in such cases $argi  only
            counts  the  lines being processed by php itself. Having read this you will
            guess what the above program does: skipping every second input line.

TIPS
       You can use a shebang line to automatically invoke php from  scripts.  Only  the
       CLI version of PHP will ignore such a first line as shown below:

              #!/bin/php
              <?php
               // your script
              ?>

SEE ALSO
       For a more or less complete description of PHP look here:
       http://www.php.net/manual/

BUGS
       You can view the list of known bugs or report any new bug you found at:
       http://bugs.php.net

AUTHORS
       The  PHP Group: Thies C. Arntzen, Stig Bakken, Andi Gutmans, Rasmus Lerdorf, Sam
       Ruby, Sascha Schumann, Zeev Suraski, Jim Winstead, Andrei Zmievski.

       Additional work for the CLI sapi was done by Edin Kadribasic, Marcus Boerger and
       Johannes Schlueter.

       A List of active developers can be found here:
       http://www.php.net/credits.php

       And  last but not least PHP was developed with the help of a huge amount of con‐
       tributors all around the world.

VERSION INFORMATION
       This manpage describes php, version 7.3.11-1+0~20191026.48+debian9~1.gbpf71ca0.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1997-2018 The PHP Group

       This source file is subject to version 3.01 of the PHP license, that is  bundled
       with  this package in the file LICENSE, and is available through the world-wide-
       web at the following url:
       http://www.php.net/license/3_01.txt

       If you did not receive a copy of the PHP license and are  unable  to  obtain  it
       through the world-wide-web, please send a note to license@php.net so we can mail
       you a copy immediately.

The PHP Group                             2018                                   php(1)

Usage: php [options] [-f] <file> [--] [args...]
   php [options] -r <code> [--] [args...]
   php [options] [-B <begin_code>] -R <code> [-E <end_code>] [--] [args...]
   php [options] [-B <begin_code>] -F <file> [-E <end_code>] [--] [args...]
   php [options] -S <addr>:<port> [-t docroot] [router]
   php [options] -- [args...]
   php [options] -a

  -a               Run interactively
  -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory
  -n               No configuration (ini) files will be used
  -d foo[=bar]     Define INI entry foo with value 'bar'
  -e               Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
  -f <file>        Parse and execute <file>.
  -h               This help
  -i               PHP information
  -l               Syntax check only (lint)
  -m               Show compiled in modules
  -r <code>        Run PHP <code> without using script tags <?..?>
  -B <begin_code>  Run PHP <begin_code> before processing input lines
  -R <code>        Run PHP <code> for every input line
  -F <file>        Parse and execute <file> for every input line
  -E <end_code>    Run PHP <end_code> after processing all input lines
  -H               Hide any passed arguments from external tools.
  -S <addr>:<port> Run with built-in web server.
  -t <docroot>     Specify document root <docroot> for built-in web server.
  -s               Output HTML syntax highlighted source.
  -v               Version number
  -w               Output source with stripped comments and whitespace.
  -z <file>        Load Zend extension <file>.

  args...          Arguments passed to script. Use -- args when first argument
                   starts with - or script is read from stdin

  --ini            Show configuration file names

  --rf <name>      Show information about function <name>.
  --rc <name>      Show information about class <name>.
  --re <name>      Show information about extension <name>.
  --rz <name>      Show information about Zend extension <name>.
  --ri <name>      Show configuration for extension <name>.