Re: Re: Tried to run PHP as shell script and got the error...

BlackDex wrote:

Try to put this at top. !/usr/local/bin/php so change the # for a !, becous thas is what is used to execute scripts etc.. :).

not quite right: the shebang line requires both those chars :-).... http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=shebang <quote> "#!" used in Unix to mark the start of a script,</quote> I believe the '#' sign is used as the fist char for the simple practical reason that the '#' signifies the start of a comment in just about every scripting language out there - which means the shebang line doesn't f*** with the working of the subsequent script regardless. I may be completely wrong, wouldn't be the first time :-)

Hoop it will work. Kind Regards, BlackDex "Scott Fletcher" <scott@abcoa.com> wrote in message news:20050311185652.99977.qmail@lists.php.net...

Hi! I'm trying to run PHP as a shell script but I got the error message... Source code below is ... --snip-- #/usr/local/bin/php <? echo "Hello World!!\n"; ?> --snip-- Attempt to run the file below and got the error --snip-- -=[/usr/local/bin]==>./ecbi_inquiry_pull_experian.sh Hello World!!\n ./ecbi_inquiry_pull_experian.sh: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `?>' ./ecbi_inquiry_pull_experian.sh: line 4: `?>' --snip-- I checked to see if there's no spaces at the end on line 4 and there isn't... So, how do I get it working so I can hook up the file to the crontab. Thanks, FletchSOD