Php can it run without a web server?

Hello

You can definitely execute PHP scripts by calling php.exe.

I tested it:
- open a Command Prompt window
- navigate to the directory where php.exe is located (cd xxxxx)
- run php by specifying the path to the script to execute.
For example:
C:\Program Files\PHP>php -q c:\wwwroot\index.php3

The result will be output as is in the Command Prompt window. I'm not an expert in Command Prompt, but I think there is a way to redirect this to a text file...

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Tittom (that's a signature)

If you mean "a machine" by "web server", then yes, PHP can work without the addition of a machine since packages like EasyPHP install a web server (Apache) and a database server (MySQL) locally on Windows.

As a supplement:

I created a batch file (test.bat) in which I did:
"c:\program files\php\php.exe" -q %1 >>c:\temp\result.txt

I can now call this batch script by passing the path to a PHP script (for example script.txt, yes yes, .txt), and the result will be stored in the result.txt file in c:\temp

Example:
test script.txt

Of course, you have to be careful with the current directories (cd)

I hope this helps you...

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Tittom (this is a signature)

Thank you very much for all these answers ...

it helped me ...

erf php.exe I forgot about that one =)
Well, actually all you have to do is follow what Tittom said
php.exe -q script.php >c:\temp\resultat.html
and open in your browser
C:\temp\resultat.html that way you can have a web format layout =)

NO, you cannot!
PHP is a scripting language. It is the PHP module (under Apache) that executes your requests and displays. You cannot do without a web server.
++ Ripper