php executable path

linuxown · 05-28-2009, 11:38 PM

Hi all,

I inherited this web server with php compiled.
When I type php, it says:

php: not found

It has php but I cannot find the path. It's not in the standard location like /usr/bin.
How would I go about finding the php executable path?

bathory · 05-29-2009, 12:12 AM

If it was compiled from source, chances are that it's located in /usr/local/bin.
If you still can't find it, run as root the following 2 commands

Code:

updatedb
locate php

Regards

PMP · 05-29-2009, 02:13 AM

Try whereis php

And then add this path to your path env variable

linuxfia · 05-29-2009, 11:42 AM

When I type locate php, it says:

Quote:

sun [root]% locate
locate: Command not found.

When I type php, it says:

Quote:

sun [root]% php
php: Command not found.

When I type whereis php, it says:

Quote:

sun [root]% whereis php
php:

When I type php:, it says

Quote:

sun [root]% php:
sun [root]%

It wasn't in /usr/local/bin...

It's setup so weird...

bathory · 05-29-2009, 03:28 PM

@linuxfia

You can install the (s)locate package, or you can use the more slow (in a big file system) command:

Code:

find / -name php

The commands "whereis" and "which" do not return any results if the command you're looking in not in your PATH.

michaelk · 05-29-2009, 06:57 PM

What distribution / version is the server running?

Do you know the php version? The CLI did not appear until version 4.3
Even though apache is running with PHP it may not have been built with the CLI option.

and welcome to LinuxQuestions

linuxown · 06-01-2009, 12:38 AM

Thank you for all the responses,

I get the same output when I try to find php

Quote:

damian [root]# whereis php
php:

The PHP version is 5.x.

Is there a way to find the path by reading the php.info file?

chrism01 · 06-01-2009, 12:46 AM

Just use the 'find' cmd as per post 5. If its on your system it'll find it.