php -f with system()

[goxu]

Hi all,

Suddenly the php path, "php -f" for the system function started not working. It used to be fuctional till this yesterday evening.

system(php -f myscript.php); 

Instead if I use. "/usr/local/bin/php" it works.

I'm just wondering what caused the "php -f" not working. Do you have any ideas?

Also what kind of command is this "php -f"? Search engines do not recognize this as a keyword. So I'm having trouble knowing what this means.

Your information will be greatly appreciated.

[Weedpacket]

Something restarted and the PATH environment variable got knobbled?

For your second question, The bök of All Good Things PHP sayth of the Command Line:

The list of command line options provided by the PHP binary can be queried anytime by running PHP with the -h switch:

.....
  -f <file>        Parse <file>.

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• Telling PHP to execute a certain file.

php my_script.php

php -f my_script.php

Both ways (whether using the -f switch or not) execute the file my_script.php. You can choose any file to execute - your PHP scripts do not have to end with the .php extension but can have any name or extension you wish.

[goxu]

Thanks Weedpacket,

I looked through the link. So, if it is written like this,

"php -H my_script.php"

then a system administrator won't be able to see what script was called, is this correct?