PHP executable path help

[Andrew Hearn]

Hi,

I'm a bit of a newbie, seeking help on how to run a .php from the shell.

I'm running debian, with Apache-ssl which is compiled with mod_php4. PHP
for web sites works great.

However, to run a php script from the shell, do I need to install php
from scratch?

Thanks

Andrew Hearn

[Daniel Tryba]

Re: PHP executable path help

Andrew Hearn <andrewhearn@ya hoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm a bit of a newbie, seeking help on how to run a .php from the shell.
>
> I'm running debian, with Apache-ssl which is compiled with mod_php4. PHP
> for web sites works great.
>
> However, to run a php script from the shell, do I need to install php
> from scratch?[/color]

No, just install the php-cgi packages (php4-cgi*). This contains
/usr/bin/php4 which you can use to run php scripts. Either use
'php4 /foo/bar.php' or

foo.php:
#!/usr/bin/php4
<?php
echo "Hello world!\n";
?>

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Daniel Tryba

[Andrew Hearn]

Re: PHP executable path help

Daniel Tryba wrote:
[color=blue]
> Andrew Hearn <andrewhearn@ya hoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>I'm a bit of a newbie, seeking help on how to run a .php from the shell.
>>
>>I'm running debian, with Apache-ssl which is compiled with mod_php4. PHP
>>for web sites works great.
>>
>>However, to run a php script from the shell, do I need to install php
>>from scratch?[/color]
>
>
> No, just install the php-cgi packages (php4-cgi*). This contains
> /usr/bin/php4 which you can use to run php scripts. Either use
> 'php4 /foo/bar.php' or
>
> foo.php:
> #!/usr/bin/php4
> <?php
> echo "Hello world!\n";
> ?>
>[/color]

Thanks for the help, this has worked... However I need IMAP support, is
it possible to compile php4-cgi with IMAP support?

Is it as simple as following the instructions at:

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.imap.php

Thank you!

Andrew Hearn.

[Daniel Tryba]

Re: PHP executable path help

Andrew Hearn <andrewhearn@ya hoo.com> wrote:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>>I'm running debian, with Apache-ssl which is compiled with mod_php4. PHP
>>>for web sites works great.
>>>
>>>However, to run a php script from the shell, do I need to install php
>>>from scratch?[/color]
>>
>> install the php-cgi packages (php4-cgi*)[/color]
>
> Thanks for the help, this has worked... However I need IMAP support, is
> it possible to compile php4-cgi with IMAP support?[/color]

To me it's unclear if you are using the packges from your distribution
or your compiling yourself, but in the first case install php4-imap (and
do a "dpkg -l 'php4*'" to find out what modules are available).

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Daniel Tryba

[Shawn Wilson]

Re: PHP executable path help

Andrew Hearn wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit of a newbie, seeking help on how to run a .php from the shell.
>
> I'm running debian, with Apache-ssl which is compiled with mod_php4. PHP
> for web sites works great.
>
> However, to run a php script from the shell, do I need to install php
> from scratch?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew Hearn[/color]

try "whereis php". It should show you where the executable is.

Regards,
Shawn
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