Re: PHP Standalone scripting?

Looks like I'm in business! Thanks to all who replied. Jeff Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > I was wondering if there's a way to run php scripts > > on a standalone basis, as you would run a PERL script > > or C program? I would like to use PHP since I have > > written a lot of code that could be re-used to write > > some simple scripts that can run from cron or from a shell > > to do some database maintenance, send e-mails, etc. > > > > If not, are there any plans to build a standalone run-time > > interpreter for PHP? > > ./configure > make > make install > > This copies a 'php' binary to /usr/local/bin > > Then a typical standalone PHP script would look like this: > > #!/usr/local/bin/php -q > <? > echo "Hello World"; > ?> > > -Rasmus