Running PHP script from the command line
How can I run a PHP script from the command line using the PHP interpreter which is used to parse web scripts?
I have a phpinfo.php file which is accessed from the web shows that German is installed. However, if I run the phpinfo.php from the command line using - php phpinfo.php and grep for German, I don't find it. So both phps are different. I need to run a script which the php on which German is installed.
How can I do this?
Answer
UPDATE:
After misunderstanding, I finally got what you are trying to do. You should check your server configuration files; are you using apache2 or some other server software?
Look for lines that start with LoadModule php...
There probably are configuration files/directories named mods or something like that, start from there.
You could also check output from php -r 'phpinfo();' | grep php and compare lines to phpinfo(); from web server.
To run php interactively:
(so you can paste/write code in the console)
php -a
To make it parse file and output to console:
php -f file.php
Parse file and output to another file:
php -f file.php > results.html
Do you need something else?
To run only small part, one line or like, you can use:
php -r '$x = "Hello World"; echo "$x\n";'
If you are running linux then do man php at console.
if you need/want to run php through fpm, use cli fcgi
SCRIPT_NAME="file.php" SCRIP_FILENAME="file.php" REQUEST_METHOD="GET" cgi-fcgi -bind -connect "/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock"
where /var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock is your php-fpm socket file.