Interactive mode not very useful

I'm running PHP 5.2.6 on WindowsXP. When I try interactive mode with
">php -a" the slightest syntax error throws me out of the interpreter
and back to the command line. This is not very useful. Isn't there a
way to stay in interactive mode after a syntax error?
.

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