Unable to perform php in command line

Question

I am new to php scripting and been following a tutorial video. I'm getting an error on trying to output an array from php via command line, this is the code named as array1.php:

<?
# Canada, USA, Mexico
$arr1 = array("Toronto", "Ottawa", "Montreal", "Quebec");
$arr2 = array("Boston", "New York", "Santa Barbara", "San Francisco");
$arr3 = array("Mexico City", "Cozumel", "Cancun", "Aculpoco");
# array 4 is an associative array
$arr4 = array("Canada" => $arr1, "USA" => $arr2, "Mexico" => $arr3);
print_r($arr4);
?>

The tutorial video says I'll just need to follow the instructions/code and perform "php array1.php" but getting this:

$ php array1.php
<?
# Canada, USA, Mexico
$arr1 = array("Toronto", "Ottawa", "Montreal", "Quebec");
$arr2 = array("Boston", "New York", "Santa Barbara", "San Francisco");
$arr3 = array("Mexico City", "Cozumel", "Cancun", "Aculpoco");
# array 4 is an associative array
$arr4 = array("Canada" => $arr1, "USA" => $arr2, "Mexico" => $arr3);
print_r($arr4);
?>

When you say you use the command line.. What exactly do you mean? — andersfylling, May 04 '16 at 20:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '16 at 21:39

with the help of @circusdei.. Thanks

$ php array1.php
Array
(
    [Canada] => Array
        (
           [0] => Toronto
           [1] => Ottawa
           [2] => Montreal
           [3] => Quebec
        )

    [USA] => Array
       (
          [0] => Boston
          [1] => New York
          [2] => Santa Barbara
          [3] => San Francisco
       )

    [Mexico] => Array
      (
         [0] => Mexico City
         [1] => Cozumel
         [2] => Cancun
         [3] => Aculpoco
      )

    )

Unable to perform php in command line

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