'Running PHP script from the command line
How can I run a PHP script from the command line using the PHP interpreter which is used to parse web scripts?
I have a phpinfo.php file which is accessed from the web shows that German is installed. However, if I run the phpinfo.php from the command line using - php phpinfo.php and grep for German, I don't find it. So both PHP files are different. I need to run a script which the php on which German is installed.
How can I do this?
Solution 1:[1]
On SUSE Linux, there are two different configuration files for PHP: one for Apache, and one for CLI (command line interface). In the /etc/php5/ directory, you will find an "apache2" directory and a "cli" directory. Each has a "php.ini" file. The files are for the same purpose (PHP configuration), but apply to the two different ways of running PHP. These files, among other things, load the modules PHP uses.
If your OS is similar, then these two files are probably not the same. Your Apache php.ini is probably loading the German module, while the the CLI php.ini isn't. When the module was installed (auto or manual), it probably only updated the Apache php.ini file.
You could simply copy the Apache php.ini file over into the cli directory to make the CLI environment exactly like the Apache environment.
Or, you could find the line that loads the German module in the Apache file and copy/paste just it to the CLI file.
Solution 2:[2]
I was looking for a resolution to this issue in Windows, and it seems to be that if you don't have the environment variables ok, you need to put the complete directory. For example, with a file in the same directory as PHP:
F:\myfolder\php\php.exe -f F:\myfolder\php\script.php
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| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Peter Mortensen |
| Solution 2 | Peter Mortensen |