Execute php commands in WAMP environment - zend-framework

I'm new to working in a WAMP environment, in this case I'm using Easyphp, and I can't find how to execute php commands (like a simple php -v), like I would do for example when connecting to a server with SSH.
I have Easyphp installed, apache and mysql servers are on, and I created a virtual host using the module in the same folder where I'm trying to execute the php command (using the cmd tool in windows).
Is there any other way to do this? Is there a "console" just for that? Any help would be appreciated!
EDIT
OK maybe I should give a specific example of what I'm trying to do in case I didn't explain myself very well. I'm trying to follow this guide to getting started with Zend Framework, and in the very first step after downloading the files, it asks to "type" 2 commands:
php composer.phar self-update
php composer.phar install
Where do I exactly "type" those commands?

In windows you need to set up your path environment variable (if it hasn't already been done by the installer) so that it points to the correct location for the PHP executables. Refer to the documentation for EasyPHP to see if/how you need to do this.
Then, open a dos window, and cd into the directory for your project. Then you should be able to run the commands as shown.

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MongoDB .msi installer not working on Windows 10

I have downloaded the .msi multiple times and tried to run in a variety of ways, however, I cannot install MongoDB on my windows 10 machine. When I click the .msi, I get the first "preparing to install" pop-up and then it just goes away. Nothing happens.
I tried downloading the zip folder which contains a bunch of .exes.. but still nothing. I'm not sure how to get this to work on my local.
Thoughts?
For some reason, the latest documentation doesn't include the manual installation process.
Download the distribution ZIP and extract it to c:\mongodb\ or equivalent.
Then from the resultant bin directory you can run an administrative powershell command (be sure to replace the paths with real paths that exist on your system):
PS C:\mongodb\bin> ./mongod.exe --install --logpath="c:\\path\\to\\logfile.log" --dbpath="c:\\path\\to\\data\\on\\disc"
This will create a windows service named "MongoDB" which should start automatically. If it doesn't, you can run net start MongoDB from your admin PS prompt.
Please download Mongodb from there official sites and also there is a very easy guide to install the mongodb on various OS.
Reference:- https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/

Google Cloud SQL Proxy for Windows

Does anyone know from where I can download a Windows version of the Cloud SQL Proxy?
I see on the support page an example command line, but there's no indication of where you could get a binary from. It's not on the Github.
Thanks
There is now a pre-compiled proxy version released, see the doc page for the download link: https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/sql-proxy .
Note that you must run the program in a command prompt; there's a feature request to allow a web-UI configuration rather than doing a command prompt.
If you want to compile to code yourself from source it is relatively straightforward:
Install Go (use the .msi installer)
Execute the following in a command prompt (requires installation of git):
go get github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/cloudsql-proxy/cmd/cloud_sql_proxy
The proxy binary should be located in %GOPATH%\bin (you should be able to do cd %GOPATH%\bin in a command prompt and then use dir to see the cloud_sql_proxy.exe file).
It's been a while since I've used windows for development, so let me know if there are any troubles.

unable to run php cli from the command line when xampp portable is installed in another drive

I have installed a xampp portable package on my drive D, added the php folder path inside it on the system environment so I would be able to run php basically anywhere from the command line. but when i try to check if its working by executing the "php -v" command, it runs but i get this following error/warning messages.
"Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'xampp-portable\php\ext[:any].dll - The specified module could not be found."
*the [:any] there just means some dll filename.
and i get a lot of that warnings with just varying dll filenames,
anyway, here's the catch. when i do change my current path in the command line to somewhere in drive D, and then run the same command "php -v" it runs smoothly.
so what configuration should i do to fix this problem?
by the way, i do the same with mysql, putting its bin directory path on the system enviroment, run it in both inside drive C and drive D. and it runs smoothly. so i guess this problem is only on php.
I've posted the same question in xampp forums and this is the answer that was given to me. I'll be quoting the answer as it was and give credit to the one who answere it.
XAMPP is very proud that it don't have to set any environment
variables or registry values.
What you want to do is not possible with XAMPP portable without
mapping to a specific Drive letter. All configurations in xampp
portable have relative paths, so if you want to use cli from a
different drive letter, php can be executed, but all extensions of
them throw errors.
I would install the full version of XAMPP, map it to the current drive
letter with help of the setup_xampp.bat file and use the XAMPP control
panel Shell instead of default command line (advantage: The XAMPP
control panel shell sets local include paths to the needed XAMPP
folders).
Works for me (i can even use pear, git, composer, and other cli
scripts with the Xampp Shell if correct integrated).
best wishes, Altrea
credits to Altrea
Open your php.ini file, replace all relative paths to absolute paths. Eg: \xampp\ to C:\xampp\

Using zf-tool with xampp and Windows 7

I'm new to Zend Framework and i'm trying to do some tests on my local server. I use xampp on a Windows 7 pc.
So i downloaded the zend package who comes with a command line tool to setting up projects. Copied the folder with zf.sh on the hard-drive on the location C:\Program Files (x86)\ZendFrameworkCli\bin, than updated the system variables to make it work.
When i type in the command line "zf show version" i get an error by "php.exe". I guess this happens becouse php and apache are not installed on the OS but runs under xampp server.
So, there's any way to make it work with xampp? Thanx in advance.
You need to had the php executable path to you PATH variable. You can do this with the system icon in your configuration panel. You can also use a nice utility : RedmondPath ( http://sites.google.com/site/redmondlab/path)
After that, launch a command prompt and type php -v to make sure that all is correct.

pecl not working on php CLI mode (involving mongoDB in Gearman)

For test purposes I have gearman running on localhost. So I run the gearman worker.php file from php command line. When I test this in normal apache mode, mongoDB works just fine, but when it runs from the gearman worker file I get the error "fatal error: class 'Mongo' not found". Now the Mongo class comes from pecl and the mongo.so extension in php.ini. SO yeah, trying to figure out why a php file run from CLI is different. Does it use a separate php.ini file?
You can check which .ini files are being loaded by the CLI version by doing php --ini. If your PHP was provided by a distro, it's very possible for it to have two seperate .ini sets, one for web-based and one for CLI. You can get the equivalent info from phpinfo() when it's running online as well.
To force it to load a particular .ini, you can use php -c /path/to/file.ini.
Well a simple find / -name php.ini answered that question for me. So yes, there is a separate php.ini file. Where I needed to add the line extension=mongo.so.
It sounds like either you're loading different ini files or you've got multiple instances of php installed on your machine and apache is using a different one. Make the script v.php:
<?php phpinfo();
then try running it from CLI and then viewing it via localhost. EG:
php v.php
and
http://localhost/v.php