If you are just looking for an online site to play around with PHP code, try
- http://phpfiddle.org/
- http://ideone.com/
- https://codeanywhere.net/
- http://www.tehplayground.com/
- http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/
- http://codepad.org/
- https://eval.in/
- https://implode.io/ (permits attaching a version of the Laravel framework)
The most sophisticated is:
It lets you test your code in all PHP versions starting from PHP4.
If you want something for your local environment, the Runkit extension aims to provide a PHP Sandbox:
Instantiating the Runkit_Sandbox class creates a new thread with its own scope and program stack. Using a set of options passed to the constructor, this environment may be restricted to a subset of what the primary interpreter can do and provide a safer environment for executing user supplied code.
If you dont want to use Runkit but still want a PHP Console on your server, try
- Jordi Boggiano's Blog - PHP Console in Your Browser
- http://github.com/seldaek/php-console
