Running some short scripts of PHP in commandline [1] is quite easy, once you got the trick.
C:\\>cli
<?php echo md5(\”whatever\”); ?> [Enter]
^Z [F6][Enter]
008c5926ca861023c1d2a36653fd88e2
<?php echo md5(\”whatever\”); ?> [Enter]
^Z [F6][Enter]
008c5926ca861023c1d2a36653fd88e2
or you can do:
C:\\>cli -a
<?php echo md5(\”whatever\”); ?> [Enter]
008c5926ca861023c1d2a36653fd88e2
<?php echo md5(\”whatever\”); ?> [Enter]
008c5926ca861023c1d2a36653fd88e2
cli is a shorcut to c:\\php\\cli\\php.exe.
[1] http://ch.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php