--TEST-- executing a file with -F --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- '; file_put_contents($filename, $code); $txt = ' test hello '; file_put_contents($filename_txt, $txt); var_dump(`cat "$filename_txt" | "$php" -n -F "$filename"`); @unlink($filename); @unlink($filename_txt); echo "Done\n"; ?> --EXPECTF-- string(39) " string(10) "test hello" string(0) "" " Done