PHP7 can't find executable even though PHP is working

Question

I installed php7.1 using the iuscommunity repo. It works fine and I can run php files via apache normally e.g. http://example.com/test.php, however I cannot find the executable, if I run:

php -v
-bash: php: command not found

If I look at the php constants, the path shows but not the binary. There is no php binary in my /usr/bin:

var_dump(PHP_BINARY);
var_dump(PHP_BINDIR);
// result:
string(0) ""
string(8) "/usr/bin"

If I use find I get the below results, but none of them are the php binary. If I try to execute them it tells me it's a directory.

find / -name php -print

/var/lib/php
/usr/lib64/php
/usr/share/php

How can I find my php 7.1 binary? I need it to run php from the CLI.

are you able to run `/usr/lib64/php -v`? if so just add it to your `path` variable — Martin Barker, Apr 05 '19 at 14:00
No it says it's a directory: `-bash: /usr/lib64/php: Is a directory` — user69904, Apr 05 '19 at 14:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '19 at 14:24

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Thanks to @ceejayoz for pointing out that the CLI can be a seperate package.

I installed php71u-cli:

yum install php71u-cli

Now I can run php -v successfully.

answered Apr 05 '19 at 14:24

user69904

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '19 at 14:26

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locate PHP bin directory
create link to /usr/bin

In my case my php installed in "/opt/php/bin". So i just create link "ln -s /opt/php/bin/php /usr/bin/php". After this i can run php -v

answered Apr 05 '19 at 14:26

Bat Doloontumur

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PHP7 can't find executable even though PHP is working

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