Package: php-cli (2:7.4 76)

command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language (default)

This package provides the /usr/bin/php command interpreter, useful for testing PHP scripts from a shell or performing general shell scripting tasks.

PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

This package is a dependency package, which depends on latest stable PHP version (currently 7.4).

Packages providing php-cli

php7.4-cli

command-line interpreter for the PHP scripting language

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