symfony - 'bin' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I am trying to run a symfony command via the command line. On writing the below command

bin/console doctrine:database:create

it outputs an error

'bin' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

php is installed on my machine and configured in environment variables but I am getting that error. Please what could be wrong?

Answer 1

This is a Linux like command. Obviously you are coming from Windows system:

php bin\console doctrine:database:create

Pro tip: you can shortcut commands as long as the shortcut is unique:

php bin\console doc:dat:cr

Make sure you cd to the app's directory before running the command too.