Doc #66190 [Opn->Nab]: Instructions to register PHP as interpreter for associated scripts needs fix

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66190&edit=1 ID: 66190 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: anrdaemon at yandex dot ru Summary: Instructions to register PHP as interpreter for associated scripts needs fix -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: When I do a ftype /? on Windows 10, I see the following example: | ASSOC .pl=PerlSkript | FTYPE PerlSkript=perl.exe %1 %* So it's rather unlikely that this will break sometimes. > The "%~2" notation is CMD (and more specifically - CMD batch > file) specific. In this case it is specific to ftype: | %~ n is replaced with all of the remaining parameters, starting | with the nth parameter, where n can be any number from 2 to 9. So the usage appears to be correct. > I suggest using PHPScript for file type name […] It seems to me that PHPScript is obsolete, anyway. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-11-28 09:28:31] anrdaemon at yandex dot ru Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/install.windows.commandline --- First, the order in which extension is registered is illogical, it only works because CMD does not check the presence of a file type, when adding an association. But you MUST NOT rely on bugs. You should create a file type first, then associate extensions with it. Second, the suggested file type command prevent execution of a script with more than one argument (if at all functional - on my installation, it passing literal "%~2" to executing script). It must be changed to something like ftype phpfile="C:\PHP5\php.exe" -f "%1" -- %* to make it work with any number of arguments. The "%~2" notation is CMD (and more specifically - CMD batch file) specific. When executing file type association, CMD is NOT used. And third, I suggest using PHPScript for file type name, the same name used in PECL ActiveScript SAPI, to keep all associations in one place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=66190&edit=1