install wp-cli on windows beside xammp

Installing WP-CLI in Windows

WP-CLI is a tool for controlling WordPress through a console window.

thanks to author of this page on wensolutions.com
http://wensolutions.com/installing-wp-cli-in-windows/

For linux : https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/using-the-wordpress-command-line-tool-wp-cli.html

Although it is said that wp-cli requires UNIX-like environment (OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Cygwin) environment however it is still possible to install in Windows environment.
Following are the requirements you should be prepared before begin with wp-cli installation.

1.	Install Composer
Download and install the Composer . It will install the latest Composer version and set up your PATH   so that you can just call composer from any directory in your command line.
 
To verify composer installed successfully, try checking its version. for e.g.
C:\Users\username>composer -V
Composer version 1.0.0 2016-01-10 20:34:53
 
2.	Install XAMPP
Install xampp https://filehippo.com/download_xampp/
	 
3.	Install Wordpress 
download wordpress then extract in C:\xampp\htdocs

4.	Install PHP & mysql
You probably have XAMPP already installed PHP and Mysql in your system that already installed the PHP environment.
To verify PHP exist in your system, try checking its version. for e.g.
C:\Users\username>php -v
 
5.	Begin install WP CLI
Once above set up are completed, download phar file.
If wp-cli.phar not exist download from this link 
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar

6.	Bat file
Let’s say you want to install wp-cli in your d: drive, you just go and place this phar file in a logical path d:\wp-cli\wp-cli.phar . Now create a new batch file wp.bat in the same directory, this will act as an alias for the phar file. Inside wp.bat file paste the following contents and save.
 
@ECHO OFF
php "%~dp0wp-cli.phar" %*
 
7.	Set environment variable
Go to System’s Properties -> click Advanced System Properties -> select the tab labeled Advanced. Click Environment Variables, under the System variables section scroll down to the variable named Path and add ;C:\wp-cli
 
 
Exit all CMD’s (or git bash) and reopen them. Now go to one of your WordPress installs and type wp core version. You should get the WP version.