run php script in debian

tuananh87vn · 07-07-2009, 10:00 PM

i have a php script and i want to run it on debian, by using commandline, not placing into apache web root

i'm using debian 5 lenny, apache2 and php5

as referred from the Internet, people often use "php <file_name.php>" to run a php file. However when i used 'php', it's said 'command not found'. I'm definitely sure that php5's successfully been installed, and I also tested by displaying a php file from localhost.

Tinkster · 07-07-2009, 10:31 PM

Now I do't use debian or any apt-based OSes atm ... there's a dpkg option
that lists all the files which belong to package. Look through your php5
stuff using that; alternatively (given the way debian breaks packages up
in little, individually installed chunks ...) maybe check whether there's
some PHP packages that may hold the command-line executable that
you didn't install after all?

Cheers,
Tink

norobro · 07-07-2009, 10:43 PM

You're right Tink. The CLI is in the chunk named, strangely enough, "php5-cli"

tuananh87vn try this command:

Code:

 $: aptitude search ~i | grep php5
i   libapache2-mod-php5             - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting langu
i   php5-cgi                                  - server-side, HTML-embedded scripting langu
i   php5-cli                                   - command-line interpreter for the php5 scri
i A php5-common                       - Common files for packages built from the p
i A php5-gd                                 - GD module for php5
i A php5-mcrypt                          - MCrypt module for php5
i   php5-mysql                             - MySQL module for php5

tuananh87vn · 07-07-2009, 10:48 PM

yayy, php5-cli, i missed this one