Read this: http://www.php.net/features.commandline
> PHP can run as a script indeed. > > #!/usr/bin/php > > Do that like you would perl and then make it executable. Should work. Yes, assuming that's the name and location of the CLI or CGI PHP (and one exists). Typing 'whereis php' or 'which php' in bash should help. Also, it might be called something else so try names like php4 too. > Note that any errors will be chucked back to the terminal in HTML. Sometimes this is true, depends on the html_errors directive which defaults to OFF in CLI. CLI is the wave of the future, CGI is so old school :) Regards, Philip > > > > On 4/2/2003, "Poon, Kelvin (Infomart)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >This might be a newbie question but I can't find an answer anywhere I > >search. I know php can be excuted by a web browser, but can it run as a > >script like Perl? > > > >The reason i ask is, I need to write a php script that updates a database > in > >a server. And this script needs to be running in the background as a > >service, that's why i was wondering if I can excute it like a perl script. > > > >If it can't, do you guys know if I can use perl to call up a php script? > > > >Please advise. > > > >Thanks, > >Kelvin > > > >-- > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > Edd Barrett > (http://www.filibusta.net) > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
