Run PHP Scripts on macOS

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∟Run PHP Scripts on macOS

This section provides notes to verify PHP version supported on macOS and run a simple PHP interactive scripting session.

PHP is a popular scripting language for generating dynamic Web pages. macOS supports PHP out-of-the-box. You don't have to do any installation.

You can start a Terminal window and try to run PHP scripts interactively as shown below:

herong$ php -version
PHP 5.6.30 (cli) (built: Feb  7 2017 16:18:37)
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies

herong$ php -a
Interactive shell

php > print "Hello world!\n";
Hello world!

php > exit

You can also get a detailed list of modules supported in PHP by running the "php -i" command:

herong$  php -i | more
phpinfo()
PHP Version => 5.6.30

System => Darwin local 16.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0:
   Thu Jun 15 17:36:27 PDT 2017; root:xnu-3789.70.16~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
Build Date => Feb  7 2017 16:11:14
Configure Command =>  '/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Binaries/apache_mod_php
   /apache_mod_php-117.2~3/TempContent/Objects/php/configure'
   '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info'
   '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--sysconfdir=/private/etc' ...

Server API => Command Line Interface
Virtual Directory Support => disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc
Loaded Configuration File => /etc/php.ini

curl

cURL support => enabled
cURL Information => 7.54.0
Age => 3
Features
AsynchDNS => Yes
CharConv => No
Debug => No
...