php interactive mode gives no prompt

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

 

I'm running Windows 7. I just downloaded the "binaries and source" distribution of Php 5.4.6.

When I unzip the download and navigate into the directory and enter the command php.exe -a on my command line, the interactive mode appears to load but doesn't respond to my commands.

The console responds with the message Interactive mode enabled, followed by a blank line, but no php > prompt. If I enter a command like echo "foo";, the text I write appears, but the system does nothing with it.

What am I doing wrong? (I tried compiling the sources myself on msys, but got the complaint: configure: error: xml2-config not found. Please check your libxml2 installation. There has got to be an easier way.)

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