On Monday 11 March 2002 20:18, andy thomas wrote: > Just wondering but is there any way PHP scripts can be run from the > command line from a standard Unix shell like, for example, perl rather > than being invoked via a browser and running web server, etc? > > Such a feature would be very nice as there are a number of things that > can be done better from PHP than from a shell script - MySQL access being > one of them.
PHP can be compiled as a stand-alone program (for use as CGI & thus shell scripting). See manual, "Installation" for details. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk /* "I've seen the forgeries I've sent out." -- John F. Haugh II ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), about forging net news articles */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
