Bash script to run php script

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.

Sometimes PHP is placed in non standard location so it's probably better first locate it and then try to execute.

#!/usr/bin/env bashPHP=`which php`$PHP /path/to/php/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.