How to run a PHP file on my computer that is outside the htdocs directory ?

Question

I just installed Apache and PHP on my computer to be able to run PHP files locally.

I can run a PHP file if it is located in Apache2.2\htdocs directory.

Is that possible to run PHP files outside this directory ?

I'm looking to a simple solution, because all I need is to write a small PHP code and try it locally.

I would like to be able to run the PHP file by right clicking it -> Open with Firefox

Answer 1

You can run a PHP script from anywhere using the command line:

php yourscript.php

Answer 2

Newer versions of php come with php-cli: a command line interface. So to run php code, you just need to type:

 php some_code.php

Answer 3

Yes. You don't say if you want to run it from the web server, or from the command line, but you can use include past the web root.

Answer 4

Or you can change paths in apache config to another dir

Answer 5

You can either run it from the command line,

or you can create a "wrapper" script within your htdocs that "includes" the file from outside of the htdocs directory

Answer 6

There is some ways to do it, but the simplest way is using 'include' or 'required' php command:

<?
include ('/somewhere/outside/of/your/htdocs/file.php');
?>

Please note you may need to turn off 'open_basedir' php directive.

Answer 7

you cannot open it with firefox.
Because firefox has nothing to do win PHP.
So, you need to request this URL from a web-server

Create a windows shortcut with http://127.0.0.1/file.php

or whatever way you prefer to click web links