Running PHP Script In Powershell keeps opening NotePad ++ rather than executing the PHP script

Question

Okay, I'm at a bit of a loss here.

I'm testing out running PHP scripts from within powershell and it just keeps opening NotePad ++ rather than executing the script. I cannot figure out why this won't work...

I'm using a pretty basic PHP script to test:

<?php
    echo 'Hello, World!';
?>

And I'm calling it using the standard way I run.ps1 files:

PS C:\php> c:\phpfiles\test25.php

The execution policy is set to unrestricted... what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

You should pass the path of the file as an argument to the PHP executable. If (lets say) PHP is installed in c:\php, then you must do:

PS c:\php\php.exe -f c:\phpfiles\test25.php