Running php script (php function) in linux bash

Question

How we run php script using Linux bash?

php file test.php

test.php contains:

<?php echo "hello\n" ?> 

Answer 1

From the command line, enter this:

php -f filename.php 

Make sure that filename.php both includes and executes the function you want to test. Anything you echo out will appear in the console, including errors.

Be wary that often the php.ini for Apache PHP is different from CLI PHP (command line interface).

Reference: https://secure.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.usage.php

Answer 2

First of all check to see if your PHP installation supports CLI. Type: php -v. You can execute PHP from the command line in 2 ways:

1. php yourfile.php
2. php -r 'print("Hello world");'