Re: Three quickies anyone?

Ryan A wrote: > ... > 1. > I start my CLI scripts with: > #!/usr/local/etc/php > > as thats the path on my machine... the problem is some of these scripts will > have to be installed on clients machines by them... any easy way for them > to find out whats the path PHP is installed on their machine? (this q is > more of a doubt really) > > is it the same as $_SERVER["include_path"] > I don't think I even have a $_SERVER["include_path"], I certainly wouldn't count on it pointing to the php binary. As another user pointed out, which php is probably the safest way. If you are concerned about a simple method for clients, a quick bash script which finds php and adds the appropriate line to the top of the file would be simple. Getting them to install a webpage to find out where the php binary is seems excessive. > > 2. > This ones more of an Apache question but related to my php script and I > think its safe to assume everyone on this list has worked with Apache and > some have a ****ing good understanding of the server. > > Basically I am trying to pipe some data into my php script by adding this to > my .htaccess file: > CustomLog "| /home/petpass/public_html/test/testing.php" > > but it gives me an error as I try to access the directory where the > .htaccess file is in.... > > it works perfectly fine when/if I add the exact same directive in my > httpd.conf file though.... so, does the format need to be changed in some > way to add it to my .htaccess file or is it simply not allowed in the > htaccess file? > The logging directives including CustomLog can't be set in the .htaccess file. You can set it in the server config or in a virtual host config. > > > 3. > This should be a rather simple question but I just confused myself after > reading/searching google (i do that to myself sometimes, totally > unintentional really) > Can I run CLI/Shell scripts > eg: scripts that began with the #!<php path> > on machines that have PHP loaded as a CGI and as a module or only as a CGI > or only as a module? > You can use the CGI executable to execute shell scripts however you will get http headers like Content-type: and HTML versions of output from a few functions such as phpinfo. You can't execute scripts using the Apache module. David