PHP command in Ubuntu returning text of PHP file

Question

I've been trying to run my PHP scripts on my Ubuntu 13.10 machine, but unusually it returns the PHP file contents.

php -q discover/server.php
<?

// configuration settings
require "config.php";

function pollCallback()
{
        $poller = new Poller_Discover ();
        $poller->check ();
}

$daemon = new Core_Daemon ( 'pollCallback', true );

I find this very unusual because I have already turned PHP's enable_short_tag configuration on.

It "usually" returns the php contents? You mean it does it when you use the short tag syntax? — Digital Chris, Feb 04 '14 at 14:05
Which php.ini file? Are you sure it's the same one that PHP is actually reading? — Wooble, Feb 04 '14 at 14:05
I'm not sure. I'll try using the one without the short tags. wait for a while :) — Niel Riddle, Feb 04 '14 at 14:06
Are you sure you changed the correct php.ini file? There are usually multiple of those and one is used for CLI. — alkar, Feb 04 '14 at 14:06
Alkar! thank you very much! :) I didn't know that there is a separate ini file for the php-cli. Thank you! :) — Niel Riddle, Feb 04 '14 at 14:12
This question was resolved by this. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2750580/how-to-find-the-php-ini-file-used-by-the-command-line — Niel Riddle, Feb 04 '14 at 14:15

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '14 at 14:14

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You should try enabling short tags in the appropriate php.ini file which is being used by the CLI php command. Its location might be distribution-dependent.

answered Feb 04 '14 at 14:14

alkar

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '14 at 14:20

If you want to run a console script like that you have 2 options, you mixed them thus it doesnt work:

Use of a SHEBANG:

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
/*
code
*/

ran by ./discover/server.php (make sure it's executable with chmod 700 / 770 / 777).

Or sending the script to php:

<?php
/*
code
*/

ran by php -q discover/server.php.

You should also not use short tags <? /* */ ?> as they are off by default on most servers.

Also check you have the correct php.ini file, there are different versions for apache, fpm, cli (<- is what you need), cgi, ...

PHP command in Ubuntu returning text of PHP file

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