How can I run php scripts from a shell script?

[john@munsey.net]

Newbie about this stuff.

I want to run some php scripts from a shell script(bash?)

the php script i want to run is this:
test.php

and it's path is this:
home/virtual/blahblah.com/home/abc/mainwebsite_htm l/bluhbluh/dbtest/

1. How would I creat the shell script?
2. How would I execute it?

I have already tried ot figure it out with no success.

I have php 4.2.2

Thanks

[Colin McKinnon]

Re: How can I run php scripts from a shell script?

john@munsey.net spilled the following:
[color=blue]
> Newbie about this stuff.
>
> I want to run some php scripts from a shell script(bash?)
>
> the php script i want to run is this:
> test.php
>
> and it's path is this:
> home/virtual/blahblah.com/home/abc/mainwebsite_htm l/bluhbluh/dbtest/
>
> 1. How would I creat the shell script?
> 2. How would I execute it?
>
> I have already tried ot figure it out with no success.
>
> I have php 4.2.2[/color]

PHP can be compiled as a standalone binary or as a module for various
webservers. The former can also be used in conjunction with a webserver.
Life's a lot simpler if you have the standalone binary. I use SuSE mostly -
it's mod_php rpm includes both the module and standalone interpreter. If
you have got it on your machine it'll probably be called 'php' and is
likely to be in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. First thing to try would be
`which php` - then try looking in the directories for something named *php*

Then it's just a matter of running the interpreter with the script as the
first argument. e.g.

php /home/virtual/blahblah.com/home/abc/mainwebsite_htm l/bluhbluh/dbtest/test.php

although you may not want extraneous html in your output so....

php -q test.php


Just in case you can't find it, and can't install your own, you can fetch a
web page from the comand line using a variety of tools - most boxes will
have wget and/or curl.

HTH

C.

[merlinfly]

Re: How can I run php scripts from a shell script?

you can also set the script up like a normal shell script in the form
of...

-- start file --
#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
<?

/* php code here */

?>
-- end file --

the path to php can be take the form of

/usr/local/bin/php
/usr/bin/env php
/usr/bin/which php

etc.
they should all work out fine.

Good luck!