PHP build for Jenkins failing with 'Cannot run program "phploc"'

Question

I'm getting the following error when attempting to run my build script.

/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/IPS (trunk)/workspace/build.xml:62: Execute failed: java.io.IOException:  
Cannot run program "phploc": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

I tried switching to the jenkins user and was able to run the script without a hitch. I also checked the $PATH and tried reinstalling. No luck!

• CentOS 5/6
• PHP 5.4 (Zend Server)
• Jenkins 1.477
• PHP QA components (most recent)

Answer 1

I finally figured this out... checking the $PATH variable is not helpful in this context. The various shell startup files are not executed when running a Jenkins job, so the $PATH variable was not being properly populated. This can be remedied by following the three steps below:

1. Click Manage Jenkins
2. Click Configure System
3. Add new environment variable where name is PATH and value is $PATH:/usr/local/zend/bin.