How can I avoid displaying "#! / Usr / bin / php" in PHP?

Question

I want PHP scripts to run both on the command line and on the website (I use Apache and Nginx), so I put #! / Usr / bin / php on the first line of my scripts, but this appears on the website ...

Answer 1

I solved the problem with output buffering. My script now looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/php <?php @ob_end_clean(); ... 

Note. No file at the end ?> . This is really good practice when writing PHP scripts. This prevents accidental printing of any garbage.

Note. The PHP documentation for ob_end_clean() says that:

The output buffer should be started using ob_start () with the PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_CLEANABLE and PHP_OUTPUT_HANDLER_REMOVABLE flags. Otherwise, ob_end_clean () will not work.

This seems to be done automatically when PHP starts from the command line.

Answer 2

There is no need to have #!/usr/bin/php in your code, just run the CLI script with php like php /path/to/file.php or /usr/bin/php /path/to/file.php .

Answer 3

I usually find it a good idea to separate the logic from the presentation. When I do something like this, I put as much as possible into the library, and then write separate cli and web interfaces for it.

However, calling it with the php command is probably an easier solution.

Answer 4

Call script using php command

Answer 5

The above buffer solution is a hack. Do not do this.

First, you really better use the env command to determine which php is used:

 #!/usr/bin/env php 

Then give it permission to do it yourself:

 chmod +x myfile 

So instead of calling 'php myfile', you now simply run:

 ./myfile 

From this folder. Hope this helps!