Bug #11987: General scripting features/build

From: dphillips@vsni.com Operating system: any PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: General scripting features/build It would be very nice to have a non-CGI version of PHP for using as a stand-alone command line interpreter. Perhaps a separate build option for this could be added, such as "--with-standalone", although this could be done entirely through configuration options. However, not being dependent on a configuration file at all would be beneficial. - Not require the "-q" quiet option to disable outputting CGI headers. - Not require start/end tags. It is usually not useful in a scripting language to pass text directly through to the output stream. - Have the standard file handles already open and available, in the same manner as $argc and $argv: $stdin, $stdout and $stderr. -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=11987&edit=1