Trouble with running PHP from the command line

From:	Raphael Kuriyan	Date:	Thu, 02 Aug 2001 17:06:34 +0000
Subject:	Trouble with running PHP from the command line
Groups:	php.install
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hi I'm trying to run PHP from the command line. With plain constructs, it works fine. But if I make an odbc connection or attempt to send a mail from within the code, it is not processed. the interpreter does not show any errors - the lines that make the connection/send mails are just ignored. I've done a few google searches (including archives of this newsgroup) but have come up with anything. Can anybopdy help? thanks, Raphael.