Re: Can php run as a script?

Look for PHP CLI in google. Recent versions of PHP install at CLI PHP executable by default. e.g I ended up with one in: /usr/local/apache/bin/php [root@machine root]# /usr/local/apache/bin/php -v PHP 4.3.1 (cli) (built: Feb 20 2003 14:09:35) Copyright (c) 1997-2002 The PHP Group Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Zend Technologies ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelvin Poon" <kpoon@infomart.ca> Newsgroups: php.general To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: Can php run as a script? > 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