‘php.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Question

‘php.exe’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Why does that error occur even though

Answer 1

it is very easy to do
You need to also add php.exe
Adding this path:
windows key + pause
click on Advance system settings
click Environment Variable
System variables part -> Path -> Edit and the add
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.8;
close you cmd prompt if its open
It's Done!

Answer 2

A:\xampp\php\php.exe

The PATH environment variable must contain paths only, not file names.

Make that

A:\xampp\php

Answer 3

If you have installed WAMP server, then your path can vary. For example, I installed WAMP and the path to my php.exe turned out to be:

C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12\php.exe

To make it work, I entered the following path in the PATH variable of the System Variables:

C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12

Once done, I restarted command prompt and everything worked fine.

So the path can vary depending upon how you installed PHP. If you would like to install WAMP server and have it install other essential packages like PHPMyAdmin, etc. you may do so from: wampserver.com

Answer 4

This happened to me and I found why.

Xampp can't run properly depending on your UAC settings.

Try to do this:

1. Log in as administrator (running cmd.exe as administrator isn't enough)

2. Execute cmd.exe or equivalent

3. type php -version