Running PHP script from the command line

I was need to call my php script from command prompt in Windows. This is what I found:

Let's say, we have PHP file myscript.php in Test folder inside htdocs folder of XAMPP installation (this is not mandatory, you can place your php file anywhere on your local hard drive), and I want to call it from command prompt.

We need to write it this way:

 php "D:\xampp\htdocs\Test\myscript.php"

It is assumed that your php.exe file path is set in environment PATH variable. If it is not included in environment PATH variable then you may need to write full path for php.exe. In my case, it is like this:

 "D:\xampp\php\php.exe" "D:\xampp\htdocs\Test\myscript.php"