Running PHP scripts from a Shell

Anon

Is it possible run a PHP script directly from a shell, like a Perl script? I love PHP and I so wish I could just type:

[user@server]$ php myscript.php3 > outputfile

I know I could just do a lynx --source URL > outputfile, but I was curious if there was another way.

Thanks,

Mike

Anon

Did you try it? If php has been installed on your system as a binary, that's exactly how to do it. You can suppress the HTTP headers by adding the -q option. Type "php -h" for other options.

Anon

Nah I don't think it installed that way (RPM'd) .... it's ok, I'll just go the lynx way.

Anon

hey give it a shot. lets see..

create a sample shell php file say ex.php
now edit the ex.php in vi or pico or just
in notepad and upload it to ur server.

try "whereis php" on ur unix shell prompt,
remember that location and plug it in the
following file.

the ex.php file is

#!/usr/local/bin/php

echo "Hello, I am a php within a shell\n";

Thats it. Those two lines within the -----
should be enough to get u started.

Nilesh.

Anon

sorry bout this,
after u created the shell php script , save
it and do the chmod command to it , so that
it is executable.

bash$ chmod 755 ex.php
bash$ ./ex.php

and this some output will be generated.

cheers
nilesh :-)

mkinse

I don't know if it needs to be stated, but adding a few things to the above (and other) scripts will help.

Adding a -q option to the first line will keep the HTTP 'content-type' tags from printing out.

Also, you still have to put everything within <?php and ?> tags for everything to be parsed and executed.

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

echo "Hello, I am a php within a shell\n";
?>

PHP is a great, easy tool for writing server management scripts...especially for managing mysqld.

Anon

i do not have a binary. where can i get it? how can i build it?