[RESOLVED] How do I run a php script from command line in ksh?

[Joseph_Sliker]

Hi;

I can PuTTY to a shell on the server I use. Once logged in, I can:

$ ls [RETURN] to see the directory: I can see the script I want to run.

How do I run one of these raw php scripts from the command line? I'm sitting here stuck at the freakin' "$" prompt.

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....and once I get this to run, I'll be back with some idiot questions about setting up my first cronjob!

[bradgrafelman]

If the PHP executable is in your PATH variable, you can do php myscript.php to launch the PHP CLI.

If it's not in your PATH, you'll have to find out where it was installed and either a) add that directory to your PATH, or b) use an absolute path (e.g. "/usr/local/bin/php myscript.php").

[Joseph_Sliker]

Duh! I knew it was going to be something simple like that.

Thanks very much for the information.

But now I have different problems.

My script looks like it starts to run (it will return a couple of echo strings in the PuTTY shell) BUT the meat of it (the MySQL statements) does not seem to work. That's going to be a new thread tomorrow if I can't figure it out in the morning.

Thanks again.