PHP won't run on command line Linux

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I think I may just be missing something simple, but I can not get PHP to run anything on the command line. I'm using Linux Ubuntu.

All the exact same files run as expected via the web. I have tried all the following commands which produce blank. My php install is located in "/usr/bin/php"

I am logged in as root.

root@mydomain:~# whereis php
php: /usr/bin/php /usr/lib/php /usr/lib64/php /usr/share/man/man1/php.1.gz

All return blank:

/usr/bin/php -v
/usr/bin/php -i
php -v
php -i
/usr/bin/php -v
echo "

root@mydomain:~# ls -l /usr/bin/php
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Mar 17  2013 /usr/bin/php -> /etc/alternatives/php
root@mydomain:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/php
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 17  2013 /etc/alternatives/php -> /usr/bin/php5
root@mydomain:~# ls -l /usr/bin/php5
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 19 12:42 /usr/bin/php5

root@mydomain:/usr/bin# /usr/bin/php5 -v
root@mydomain:/usr/bin# 
root@mydomain:/usr/bin# type -a php
php is /usr/bin/php