Execute php file

[owner]

I am running Debian 5.0 with latest updates, but I seem to be having problems when exciting a php script via Debian's CLI.

 

It seems that Debian Lenny changed #!/usr/bin/php -q; as in the /usr/bin/php directory no longer exists.  What is the proper way to add the hashbang to the top of the php script in debian?

 

I have php5 as well as php5-cli installed.

 

Thanks in advance!

owner

[trq]

PHP is in the same location it always was in Debian. /usr/bin/php and its a file, not a directory.

 

If /usr/bin/php does not exist then php 's cli is not installed. At least not via apt anyway.

 

The proper way however to add a shebang is to use the env command.

 

#!/usr/bin/env php

 

This should make your script compatible across distributions.

[owner]

Ok I added that to the top of my php file and then added <?php right below, but it seems that the script still isn't executing properly (the script doesn't fully execute, it just hangs and I have to press control+c to break out of it) when called from Debian's CLI.

 

What I am trying to do is to pipe an incoming email to the php file.  Am I going about this wrong?  Here is what command I am using to forward the email: |/var/www/mail/forward.php

 

Thank you for the reply thorpe

owner

[trq]

Is the script executable? ie; Do you have sufficient permissions set to execute it?

[owner]

Right now I have it running wide open lol -rwxrwxrwx

 

This is my first time trying to pipe something to an email.  Is this command even correct for piping the mail? |/var/www/mail/forward.php?  Some sites show I need to point it to that php directory that I don't seem to have....

 

Thanks for helping,

owner

[trq]

What MTA are you using?

[owner]

Postfix.  Here is a guide that I referenced when setting up my email (I know it is outdated, just used it as a reference): http://workaround.org/ispmail/etch

 

I can send and receive email fine via telnet as well as outlook or squirrelmail.

 

Here is what is in my php file that I am using for testing:

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php
// start output buffering
ob_start();

// get your email from stdin
$email = file_get_contents('php://stdin');

// do stuff

// log your email to logfile
/*
$fp = fopen('log.txt', 'r');
if ($fp) {
fwrite($fp, $email, strlen($email));
fclose();
}*/

// or send you a copy
mail('myemail@********.com', 'email received', $email, 'from: mailman@********..com');

// clean the output
ob_end_flush();
?>

[owner]

Update: Here is a log from the mail.log file.  Looks like I have done something wrong bigtime...

 

Feb 10 20:20:14 ******** postfix/pipe[30361]: 63941EC086: to=<|/var/www/mail/forward.php@********.com>, orig_to=<test@********.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.05, delays=0.01/0.03/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service)

Feb 10 20:20:14 ******** postfix/qmgr[30344]: 63941EC086: removed