Using php as a shell scripting language

I have a need to use php similar to how I would bash when creating shell scripts. I have two RH6.2 machines that have the same version of php (slightly different compile-options). One machine in particular lacks the php binary in /usr/local/bin and that's what I need to use php in a shell script. I did ./configure --help to see if there was an option that I was missing and nothing jumped out at me as being the obvious fix. How do I compile PHP to get this binary? TIA, -TB *************************************** Tony Bibbs Iowa Outdoors - Hunting and Fishing http://www.iowaoutdoors.org tony@iowaoutdoors.org 515.554.8046 ***************************************