I have a php script that I want to be run using a bash script, so I can use Cron to run the php script every minute or so.
As far as I'm aware I need to create the bash script to handle the php script which will then allow me to use the Cron tool/timer.
So far I was told I need to put:
#!/pathtoscript/testphp.php
at the start of my php script. Im not sure what to do from here...
Any advice? Thanks.
If you have PHP installed as a command line tool (try issuing php to the terminal and see if it works), your shebang (#!) line needs to look like this:
#!/usr/bin/php
Put that at the top of your script, make it executable (chmod +x myscript.php), and make a Cron job to execute that script (same way you'd execute a bash script).
You can also use php myscript.php.
env may not be able to find it anyway. Multiple SO Q/As address this (unix.stackexchange.com/q/29608, for example).
Sometimes PHP is placed in non standard location so it's probably better first locate it and then try to execute.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
PHP=`which php`
$PHP /path/to/php/file.php
/usr/bin/env php does exactly this (that's most of the point of using env), with the added advantage that you can put your php code directly in the bash script, without having to write an additional 'file.php'.A previous poster said..
If you have PHP installed as a command line tool… your shebang (#!) line needs to look like this:
#!/usr/bin/php
While this could be true… just because you can type in php does NOT necessarily mean that's where php is going to be... /usr/bin/php is A common location… but as with any shebang… it needs to be tailored to YOUR env.
a quick way to find out WHERE YOUR particular executable is located on your $PATH, try..
➜which -a php ENTER, which for me looks like..
php is /usr/local/php5/bin/php
php is /usr/bin/php
php is /usr/local/bin/php
php is /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/php
The first one is the default i'd get if I just typed in php at a command prompt… but I can use any of them in a shebang, or directly… You can also combine the executable name with env, as is often seen, but I don't really know much about / trust that. XOXO.
You just need to set :
/usr/bin/php path_to_your_php_file
in your crontab.
I'm pretty sure something like this is what you are looking for:
#!/bin/sh
php /pathToScript/script.php
Save that with your desired script name (such as runPHP.sh) and give it execution rights, then you can use it however you want.
Edit: You might as well not use a bash script at all and just add the "php ..." command to the crontab, if I'm not mistaken.
Good luck!
php youscript.php but have to figure out the right path. E.g. using the whole path /usr/bin/php myscript.php or figuring it out dynamically by calling which php and writing the result in a variable you use later on.The bash script should be something like this:
#!/bin/bash
/usr/bin/php /path/to/php/file.php
You need the php executable (usually found in /usr/bin) and the path of the php script to be ran. Now you only have to put this bash script on crontab and you're done!
If you don't do anything in your bash script than run the php one, you could simply run the php script from cron with a command like /usr/bin/php /path/to/your/file.php.
a quick way to find out WHERE YOUR particular executable is located on your $PATH, try.
Even quicker way to find out where php is ...
whereis php
I'm running debian and above command showing me
php: /usr/bin/php /usr/share/php /usr/share/man/man1/php.1.gz
Hope that helps.
whereis if its not by default.Create file.php with first line in files:
file.php(#!/bin/php)
file.sh(#!/bin/bash).
Check installed php.Run command in terminal:
which php
If set there will be an answer:
/usr/bin/php
Run file.php with command:
php file.php
if the file has started then you can write this command to file.sh:
#!/bin/bash
run_php=`php file.php`
echo $run_php
Be careful ' and ` different!!!
I found php-cgi on my server. And its on environment path so I was able to run from anywhere. I executed succesfuly file.php in my bash script.
#!/bin/bash
php-cgi ../path/file.php
And the script returned this after php script was executed:
X-Powered-By: PHP/7.1.1 Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
done!
By the way, check first if it works by checking the version issuing the command php-cgi -v
