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PHP and the Command Line: the perfect match

PHP happens mostly in the IDE and with the command line you come into contact less often. Nevertheless, there are many helpful commands.

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php:ai:35a17 Returns the current PHP version

$ php -v

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php:ai:9b080 Retrieve ext-mongodb version

$ php -i | grep mongo -C 2 | head -n 1 | awk -F ' ' '{print $3}'

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php:ai:9fbda Get the version of an installed PHP extension

$ php -i | grep ${extension_name} | grep 'Version'

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- composer
php:code-beautifier-and-fixer:install:dev Install "PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer" from a Composer package as a dev dependency

$ composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer

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php:code-beautifier-and-fixer:run Run PHP Code Beautifier and Fixer

$ php vendor/bin/phpcbf

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php:code:run Run PHP code (Notes: Don't use tags; escape double quotes with backslash).

$ php -r "${code}"

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php:config:show Show the PHP configuration for the CLI version

$ php -i

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php:extensions:list Get a list of installed PHP extensions.

$ php -m

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php:function:information Display information about a specific function.

$ php --rf ${function_name}

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php:ini:which Show the location of the php.ini file (CLI)

$ php -i | grep php\.ini

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- apt-get
php:install Install PHP.

$ apt-get install php

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php:lint Check for syntax errors in php files (linting)

$ php -l ${filename}

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php:phar:decompress Decompress a phar file to a given directory

$ php -r '$phar = new Phar("${phar_file}"); $phar->extractTo("${directory_to_decompress_to}");'

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php:run:interactively Run PHP interactively.

$ php -a

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php:script:run Run a PHP CLI script

$ php ${filename}

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php:script:run:memory_limit Run a PHP CLI script with a defined memory limit

$ php -d memory_limit=${limit_in_megabyte}M ${filename}

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php:server:start Starting the built-in web server

$ php -S localhost:8000

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- apt
php:version:install Install a given PHP version.

$ sudo apt install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install php${version}

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