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Ed Talmadge
Asked: 2010-03-30 20:37:02 +0800 CST

How to run a script using SSH

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Complete beginner question...

Let's say I have SSH access to my website. And, I have a file:

mywebsite.com/foo/my_script.php

How can I use SSH to run my_script.php?

ssh

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    ssh [email protected] "/usr/bin/php /path/to/my_script.php"

    Just make sure that the user you use to login is the user you want to run the script as.

    Also make sure that you actually have /usr/bin/php installed. Running a PHP script from the command line isn't the same as starting it from say Apache.

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  2. You can also make the PHP file like this:

    #!/usr/bin/php
<?php
    echo 'Hello world';
?>

    and then just type 

    /path/to/my_script.php

    in SSH and it will work also

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