CLI in PHP

[JRBeltman]

Hi
I am trying to run a PHP script from the crontab.
Cron actually executes the script, but....
Eventhough I added the CLI path to the start of the php file a test with

echo php_sapi_name()

returns CGI

My file:

#!/usr/local/bin/php
<?php
  echo $sapi = php_sapi_name();
?>

I have been told that #!/usr/local/bin/php is the correct path by my hosting provider....

What could be wrong????



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[jpadie]

what does your file output? and what do you expect it to output?

 

[JRBeltman]

it simply outputs

CGI

and I was hoping to see

CLI

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[jpadie]

looks like php was not installed with CLI.

the php manual suggests that the cli will not be installed unless:

disable-cgi is used
a module sapi is chosen during configure; or
make install-cli is run after make install

the cli should be available in sapi/cli/php however.

[this assumes a version of php >= 4.3.0]

 

[JRBeltman]

It is php 4.4.4
Host is dreamhost...

Hmmm, well I dont want CLI to run as the main interpreter.
But in this case I need it for this one file....

I have been reading that I can use enable-cli ? But does this change anything to the default interpreter?

Or should I adjust that path to something like

#!/usr/local/bin/php/sapi/cli/php ??

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[jpadie]

can you locate the cli and put a symlink in your /usr/local/bin directory (called something else)?

 

[JRBeltman]

the thing is I am not a linux person...
so, no idea where to locate or how to locate cli...

I was browsing some directories via telnet, found something like /usr/local/bin/php which is empty (mostlikely a symlink as far as I understand that term)...

But how to really find cli? I aint got a clue

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[jpadie]

if it's empty, and if it's the directory that your host tells you stores the CLI, then there's your problem!

you could try executing a locate command

locate php

and see what comes back. it is possible that the locate database has not been initialised. in which case try running

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

 

[JRBeltman]

Wow!

That returned a list soooooo long it didnt fit the screen at all... not by a million times

Is there a way of making the locater 'spell' more precise/selective?

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[jpadie]

sorry! i guess it's picking up all you php scripts. you could try 'bin/php' and 'cli/php'

 

[JRBeltman]

Tried those.

bin/php gets me the empty php dir.
cli/php or php/cli gives me nothing..

I have written to the dreamhost support to double check it is really installed.... and if so where?

Coz am I correct in thinking it is simply not there?

JR (

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[jpadie]

it's odd that bin/php is a directory. i'd expect it to be a script.

 

[JRBeltman]

Haha,
stupid me, it is a script indeed..

Not that that helps me..... but hey, it is a script..

Hope it tells you something?

Cheers

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[JRBeltman]

Well,
dreamhost support worked out that you can fool the script a little by using the -C parameter. That combined with -q actually works for this particular 3rd party script I was really trying to get running.

Heck yes, it still runs as CGI though and if you have a solution of getting it to run as CLI that would be much better... but the heat is off (for now)

JR (

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