title: I just want to run PHP in the command line in Windows. How to get started?
body: <p>In Linux, all I had to do was install PHP and boom, I'm ready to go and can execute PHP scripts via command line.</p>
  
  <p>In Windows, is it the same? If I just download the binary and install it, then can I run command line PHP? And also, should I get the thread-safe or non-thread-safe version? I have neither IIS (or do I with Windows 7 Ultimate?) nor Apache. I just want command-line functionality!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for the advice!</p>