[RESOLVED] How do I use this in shell command?

Wales

I'm trying to learn about robots and the books says I can use shell command to run bots. I'm able to get it to run correctly on the webserver but not in shell command. All I did was copy and paste the below and got bunch of errors. What am I doing wrong?


# Define the file you want to download
$target      = "http://www.schrenk.com/nostarch/webbots/hello_world.html";
$file_handle = fopen($target, "r");

# Fetch the file
while (!feof($file_handle))
    echo fgets($file_handle, 4096);
fclose($file_handle);

bpat1434

Umm... that's PHP code.... so the php parser has to be run for that to work. If you want to execute the shell commands, you have to translate it into BASH, or use the "php" command and run the script as is.

Weedpacket

bpat1434 wrote:
or use the "php" command and run the script as is.

After ensuring that the opening "<?php" is there, of course. See also the manual's section on using PHP from the [man]command line[/man].

NogDog

You can also use the "shebang" operator at the start of the file so that the shell executes it as a PHP file. (You need to know where the "php" executable is on the host.)

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
// etc....
?>

Then all you need to do is launch this file, assuming it has execute permission for the user calling it.

Wales

So I tried

<?php
# Define the file you want to download
$target      = "http://www.schrenk.com/nostarch/webbots/hello_world.html";
$file_handle = fopen($target, "r");

# Fetch the file
while (!feof($file_handle))
    echo fgets($file_handle, 4096);
fclose($file_handle);
?>

and getting ...is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Is there something I have to install on my computer?

Weedpacket

Wales wrote:
Is there something I have to install on my computer?

PHP would help.

kakki

when you are using linux/unix that will suffice

#!/usr/bin/php

if that isnt working, try

which php
a non-empty output shows you, that there is a php installed,
try to correct the shebang-line

if you are using windows:
there is no shebang-line, you'll need to specify how to use that script
try php <SCRIPTNAME> on the command-line
if thats not working, try php --version
if there is an error in the output, you'll need to add the php to the path( where php.exe is located )

Wales

Okay thaks for the help