I have installed PHP CLI to execute php commands from console.
I have installed PHP CLI using this command -
sudo apt-get install php5-cli
When I run this
$vr=3; echo $vr;
Result :-
=3: command not found
If I run echo "test";
Result :- test
displays..
Can anyone tell why "command not found" displays..
The "echo "test" line is working because echo is a bash command.
You have to write your own php script, the run it by command line like this:
$ php myscript.php
In alternative, you can run php from your command line, then directly write or paste your script.
Then press CTRL+D to run it. Remember the at the beginning and at the end.
As third option, you can write a php script, putting in the first line this code:
#!/usr/bin/php
Obviously the php executable path must match the one in your system. This way, you can chmod +x the script, then run it directly like this:
$ ./myscript.php
The fourth option is the interactive shell:
$ php -a
Interactive shell
php > echo 5+8;
13
[$ in front of commands means a command run by user]
You are entering PHP code into the Unix shell (e.g. bash). The Unix shell does not understand PHP code, so you have to run php first.
To run your PHP code from the command line:
$ php -r '$vr=3; echo $vr, "\n";'
3
To run your PHP code from the PHP interactive shell (which may or may not be compiled into PHP):
$ php -a
Interactive shell
php > $vr=3; echo $vr, "\n";
3
php >
(Hit Ctrl+D or type exit to get out of the PHP shell.)
To run your PHP code from a file named prog.php (which contains <?php before the code):
$ php prog.php
3
It seems you want something like this: http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.interactive.php
This gives you an interactive mode, where you can type PHP code and have it executed directly.
echobut the one of the shell ...