How to Execute a PHP File Using Linux
The Hypertext PreProcessor (PHP) was originally developed as a scripting language to be embedded into HTML webpages. However, it also functions perfectly well as a general purpose scripting language for automating system tasks in Linux.
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Instructions
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Open a terminal. How this is done varies with each version of Linux. However, in most versions there is a link in the main menu that opens the terminal. It may be called "terminal," "shell" or "BASH."
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Type the following command into the terminal:
php -f file.php
Replace "file.php" with the file name of the PHP script you would like to run.
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Replace the "-f file.php" flag with "-a" if you would like to put PHP in interactive mode. This mode allows it to receive code directly from the standard input of the terminal, rather than from a file. This can be combined with Unix pipes and redirection commands to have greater flexibility in which PHP file is run in a larger shell script.
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