Running script from command-line?

[dcotter]

Anyone know how I would go about running a php script from the command-line? I've recently learned how to tweak sendmail to run a script instead of deliver mail when it's received, and I'd like to use a php script to do this. This would be the same type of thing as running a php script as a cronjob. I'd have to be able to pass arguments off to the script and use them from within.

Any help to get started is greatly appreciated!

[[deleted]]

Question of the day #4565

As with all "question of the day" questions,
this is explained in the Manual, in the "installation" secion.

Q:"How do I run php scripts from the commandline?"

A: Compile PHP as a CGI binary (or download the binary from php.net if you are on windows)

[dcotter]

How do I determine if my current PHP installation is compiled as a CGI binary? If it's not, what effects will changing this have?

[[deleted]]

1) look for a binary called "php" (or php.exe on windows)

2) none. if you have the module version you can compile/install a CGI version alongside it, they do not interfere with eachother.

[Anon]

Compile PHP as a binary (not as an Apache module). Do to this, change into the dir with the PHP source and go './install' (I think).

Then, write a php script like this:

#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
<?php
echo "This is a test script.";
?>

Then, 'chmod u+x' the php script and you will be able to run it like a normal shell script.

You may wish to go 'set_time_limit(0)' at the top of your script if you expect it to ever run longer than 30 seconds or so.