PHP is not recognized as an internal or external command in command prompt

Question

I am getting this error when I run the command in PHP:

C:\xampp\htdocs>php
'php' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

When I run the command in this path, it doesn't give an error.

C:\xampp\php>php  //do not got error here

Why am I getting this error? and how can I solve this?

Answer 1

• Go to My computer > Advanced system settings > Environment variable > Path 
• Add C:\xampp\php to your PATH environment variable.
• Close your command prompt and restart again.
• Please note that it's important to restart otherwise the changes won't get reflected.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

• Go to My computer > Advanced system settings > Environment variable > Path. 
• Add C:\xampp\php to your PATH environment variable.
• Close your command prompt and restart again.
• Please note that it's important to restart otherwise the changes won't get reflected.

I hope this helps.