I installed AMPPS in d:\AMPPS with the standard setup. After that, I changed my PHP version to PHP 5.4 (PHP 5.3 as standard version is a strange choice, as it's end of life now).
I added folder to the path using "set path=%PATH%;d:\AMPPS\php\"
When I call "php", it gets run, but I get the error 'Failed loading D:/Ampps\php-5.3\ioncube_loader_win_5.4.dll'
I need to call some command-line PHP commands (like composer), so a working CLI PHP would be necessary.