How to find PHP executable in Xampp - Ubuntu

Question

After installing Xampp on Ubuntu, where can I find the PHP executable to put it in the /usr/bin folder so that I can use the PHP alias globally?

Ronald Araújo · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-01 13:57:04Z

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A simple:

whereis php

Solved the problem.

Note: The response author has deleted the comment. Thank you anyway.

answered Jun 1, 2017 at 13:57

Ronald Araújo

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Wow dude! Thank you. Lack of attention of mine, because I had already visited this folder, but had not found anything. Thank you very much.

Cheers!! :D I deleted comment because i found someone already answered better for it.

It's all right! Do you want to respond? So I can give the credits to you. :)

No that's fine. You can up vote the answer in link which i commented below question.

Faisal Halim · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-24 08:37:42Z

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the php executable file is located

opt/lampp/bin/php

you can also find it with this command

$ whereis php

answered Jun 24, 2019 at 8:37

Faisal Halim

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