running php as a shell script

[rshinwell]

When I run the following script

#!/usr/bin/php -q

<?php
print ("hi there\n");
?>

I get these errors

[admin@biosltd admin]$ sh test.php
test.php: ?php: No such file or directory
test.php: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token there\n")'
test.php: line 4:print ("hi there\n");'
[admin@biosltd admin]$

Im not experienced in using php this way where am I going wrong

[matto]

start it like this:

./test.php

and be sure permissions are right; linux is strict about that.

[rshinwell]

im getting permission denied. The file is owned by 'admin' Ive tried runing the file as admin and root user

[rshinwell]

ok Ive chmod to 777 and the file runs but I gives no ouput

#! /usr/bin/php -q
<?php
echo ("Hi there");
?>

But only occasionaly do I get an output

[EviL_CodE]

I'm sure PHP has to be installed as a CGI on Linux to perform PHP script execution such as that.

I was successful with this;

simple.php

<?
for($i=0;$i<10;$i++) {
print $i;
}
?>

[**@** home]# php -q simple.php

This runs the simple.php script in the shell.

You don't even need to chmod the file.