How to execute in PHP interactive mode

Question

I am new to PHP, and I just wanted to run PHP in a command prompt (interactive mode).

So I typed this code:

`php -v`
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Answer 1

If following your command with Ctrl + D isn't working, you probably don't have Interactive Shell (which apparently gives input after each line). That requires compiling php with special options. But if php -a says interactive mode, you can type directly into it and send Ctrl + Z at the end of the file.

php -a
interactive mode enabled


^Z

(Hit enter)

hello there world!
phpinfo....

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