php -v command does not work

Question

I have just installed the php5 package on my Debian system using the standard apt-get. The code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

works and other php pages work.

But the commands php -v and php -m do not work. It gives an error "-bash: php: command not found".

php5-cli is installed. My path is /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games. I looked into usr/bin and there is no php or php5 file. Not sure where else those can be located?

I ran:

whereis php5
php5: /etc/php5 /usr/lib/php5 /usr/lib64/php5 /usr/share/php5

Dont think any of those are the correct file?

Solution 1

Make sure that the PHP CLI package is installed. sudo apt-get install php5-cli.

Also, the PHP binary needs to be added to your path. If you run which php and get no output, then it is certain that it is not in your path.

Solution 2

The php command is probably not in your path. You can view your path with echo $PATH. If the directory where the php binary is installed is not in your path, you can set it with export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/php.

Comments

[Miroslav]

Have you got PHP CLI installed?

[GodAtum]

php5-cli is installed. My path is /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games. I looked into usr/bin and there is no php or php5 file. Not sure where else those can be located?

[GodAtum]

I ran: whereis php5 php5: /etc/php5 /usr/lib/php5 /usr/lib64/php5 /usr/share/php5

[jbleners]

I'd re-install php5-cli, because the binary (the command line interface) is missing.

[GodAtum]

What is the command to re-install? sudo apt-get install --reinstall packagename?

[Martin]

@GodAtum You can see a list of files installed by a package with dpkg -L <packagename>