#42349 [Opn]: -r command line switch doesn't work as documented

ID: 42349 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: mjs at beebo dot org Status: Open -Bug Type: CGI related +Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: Windows PHP Version: 5.2.3 New Comment: Obviously documentation is mostly written by people who don't use Windows. IIRC, under windows you need to use double quotes around the code. ie. This works on win32: php -r "print_r(get_defined_constants());" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-08-20 12:45:38] mjs at beebo dot org Description: ------------ The example command-line invocation of PHP described on: http://uk.php.net/features.commandline doesn't work: C:\server\php-5.2.3>php -r 'print_r(get_defined_constants());' PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in Command line code on line 1 Reproduce code: --------------- php -r 'print_r(get_defined_constants());' Expected result: ---------------- A dump of PHP constants. Actual result: -------------- PHP error message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=42349&edit=1