scripting with php

Hello all. i'm working with php for about 3 years and i must say: i cant get tired of it !! :-) since my first page, ive used php as a server side language, embebed in html pages. now, i need to develop a small script to run as stand alone. how can i do it ? just like bourn shell, ive used #!/usr/bin/php -q, but it apears is not working ... can someone tell me how to i use php stand alone ? chears !!! Bruno Santos