Is there a PHP Sandbox, something like JSFiddle is to JS?

Jiew Meng picture Jiew Meng · Jan 6, 2011 · Viewed 85.8k times · Source

Is there a PHP Sandbox, something like JSFiddle is to JS?

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Gordon picture Gordon · Jan 6, 2011

If you are just looking for an online site to play around with PHP code, try

The most sophisticated is:

It lets you test your code in all PHP versions starting from PHP4.

If you want something for your local environment, the Runkit extension aims to provide a PHP Sandbox:

Instantiating the Runkit_Sandbox class creates a new thread with its own scope and program stack. Using a set of options passed to the constructor, this environment may be restricted to a subset of what the primary interpreter can do and provide a safer environment for executing user supplied code.

If you dont want to use Runkit but still want a PHP Console on your server, try