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Php can it run without a web server?

16art -  
Can I use PHP to run queries on a database and display the results on a page generated in HTML without using a web server ...

In fact, I only use PHP for that, and I don't host a website ... but I still had to use one since I didn't see any other solution ...

Thank you

6 answers

  1.  Tittom
    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)
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    1. vinz
      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.
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      1. 16art
        Just... I'm talking about web servers as software... like Xitami here or Apache...

        I don't want Apache or Xitami...

        Can I make my requests only with PHP and present them on an HTML page?
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    2. JunKy Ripper
      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
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      1. Tittom
        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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        1. Anonymous user
          Thank you Tittom!!!! This deserves to be archived! Super interesting information!!!!
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        2. Bobinours
          Nice demo Tittom!

          So how's your AS 400 server? Is it running with PHP? ;o)

          -= Bobinours =-
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        3. bisous
          I love you.
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      3. JunKy Ripper
        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 =)
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        1. 16art
          Thank you very much for all these answers ...

          it helped me ...
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