Why is php not in my /bin directory??

[kpm]

Hi, I am working on configuring a Linode LAMP webserver using Ubuntu 8.10. Php pages are running, but I'm having a problem using the drush module for a Drupal install and I think it has to do with PHP not appearing in the system path. When I run the command "which php" there is no value returned. If I search using "whereis php" no value is returned... However, if I search for php5 three directories are returned, but no bin directory:

/etc/php5
/usr/lib/php5
/usr/share/php5

I'm confused as to where the php executable is, and how to add it to the system path. Also, I'm wondering why php is not appearing in the /bin/ directory, since all the info I have read on this so far instructs that php should be in the /bin/ directory.

[Dr Small]

If the Php files are working, there should be a php executable somewhere. I just ran the commands on my server and they are there:
drsmall@mycroft:~$ which php5
/usr/bin/php5
drsmall@mycroft:~$ whereis php5
php5: /usr/bin/php5 /etc/php5 /usr/lib/php5 /usr/X11R6/bin/php5 /usr/bin/X11/php5 /usr/share/php5 /usr/share/man/man1/php5.1.gz

[kpm]

If the Php files are working, there should be a php executable somewhere. I just ran the commands on my server and they are there:
drsmall@mycroft:~$ which php5
/usr/bin/php5
drsmall@mycroft:~$ whereis php5
php5: /usr/bin/php5 /etc/php5 /usr/lib/php5 /usr/X11R6/bin/php5 /usr/bin/X11/php5 /usr/share/php5 /usr/share/man/man1/php5.1.gz


Thanks for the help, on your system, is /usr/bin/php5 a symbolic link? I'm wondering if I am just missing a link file or a complete directory somehow... My PHP pages are working fine, but trying to execute a .php file from the command line results in "/usr/bin/env: php: No such file or directory" and I'm wondering if my php installation is bad...

[kpm]

Thanks for the help, on your system, is /usr/bin/php5 a symbolic link? I'm wondering if I am just missing a link file or a complete directory somehow... My PHP pages are working fine, but trying to execute a .php file from the command line results in "/usr/bin/env: php: No such file or directory" and I'm wondering if my php installation is bad...

Ahh, I had not installed php-cli... now all is well

[anagallardo]

I have the same problem, I'm working with Ubuntu 8.10 server + LAMP server + Symfony. I can probe symfony -T in sandbox.

¿how do you resolve it?

Thank you very much.

[anagallardo]

I have the same problem, I'm working with Ubuntu 8.10 server + LAMP server + Symfony. I can probe symfony -T in sandbox.

¿how do you resolve it?

Thank you very much.

Sorry, I really want to say I can't probe symfony -T in sandbox

I got the next error

$ ./symfony -T
/usr/bin/env: php: No existe el fichero ó directorio


I install php5 (apt-get install php5)

$ dpkg -l | grep php
ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.1 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag
ii php5 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.1 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting languag
ii php5-common 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.1 Common files for packages built from the php
ii php5-mysql 5.2.6-2ubuntu4.1 MySQL module for php5

but the problem persist:
$ sudo whereis php5
php5: /etc/php5 /usr/lib/php5 /usr/share/php5
$ sudo which php5


Thank you in advance.

[anagallardo]

I don't know what was the problem, but I resolve it doing:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge php5
$ sudo apt-get install php5 php5-cli php5-cgi php5-dev

$ sudo which php5
/usr/bin/php5

/var/www/sf_sandbox$ ./symfony -T
available pake tasks:
clear-cache > clear cached information
clear-controllers > clear controllers
disable > disables an application in a given environment
downgrade > downgrade to a previous symfony release
enable > enables an application in a given environment
fix-perms > fix directories permissions
freeze > freeze symfony libraries
init-app > initialize a new symfony application
init-batch > initialize a new symfony batch script
init-controller > initialize a new symfony controller script
init-module > initialize a new symfony module
init-project > initialize a new symfony project
log-purge > purges an applications log files
log-rotate > rotates an applications log files
plugin-install > install a new plugin
plugin-list > list installed plugins
plugin-uninstall > uninstall a plugin
plugin-upgrade > upgrade a plugin
propel-build-all > generate propel model and sql and initialize database
propel-build-all-load > generate propel model and sql and initialize database, and load data
propel-build-db > create database for current model
propel-build-model > create classes for current model
propel-build-schema > create a schema from existing database
propel-build-sql > create sql for current model
propel-convert-xml-schema > create schema.yml from schema.xml
propel-convert-yml-schema > create schema.xml from schema.yml
propel-dump-data > dump data to fixtures directory
propel-generate-crud > generate a new propel CRUD module
propel-init-admin > initialize a new propel admin module
propel-init-crud > initialize a new propel CRUD module
propel-insert-sql > insert sql for current model
propel-load-data > load data from fixtures directory
sync > synchronise project with another machine
test-all > launch all tests
test-functional > launch functional tests for an application
test-unit > launch unit tests
unfreeze > unfreeze symfony libraries
upgrade > upgrade to a new symfony release

task aliases:
app = pake init-app
batch = pake init-batch
cc = pake clear-cache
controller = pake init-controller
module = pake init-module
new = pake init-project


:D

Now I can start working with Symfony.

[1jackjack]

I don't know what was the problem

The problem was that you didn't have php5-cli installed. This is the command line interpreter for PHP (allows you to test PHP scrips from the shell).

Hope this saves someone some time...