command-line PHP and suppressing headers - help

[Phil Powell]

How do I suppress the lines PHP normally delivers to stdout (your browser)
if I am doing command-line PHP?

e.g.

stuff.php:

<? echo 'Hello World'; ?>

Calling it from a Red Hat 7.3 command-line terminal I would do the
following:

php /my/directory/path/to/stuff.php

And I would eventually get

Hello World

But before that, an enormous amount of garbage, particularly HTTP header
information:

PHP Version 4.2.3
Content-type: text/html
Hello World

How do I strip everything out except that which I need to see while using
PHP from the command line? I am having a horrific time using TCL instead.

Thanx
Phil

[Daniel Tryba]

Phil Powell <so*****@erols.com> wrote:

How do I suppress the lines PHP normally delivers to stdout (your browser)
if I am doing command-line PHP?

$ php -h
Usage: php [-q] [-h] [-s [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] | {<file> [args...]}
-q Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP Header output.
-s Display colour syntax highlighted source.
-f <file> Parse <file>. Implies `-q'
-v Version number
-C Do not chdir to the script's directory
-c <path> Look for php.ini file in this directory
-a Run interactively
-d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value 'bar'
-e Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
-z <file> Load Zend extension <file>.
-l Syntax check only (lint)
-m Show compiled in modules
-i PHP information
-h This help

(or something really similar depending on php version (4.1.2 above))

--

Daniel Tryba

[Anthony Borla]

"Phil Powell" <so*****@erols.com> wrote in message
news:16oJb.62427$hf1.41608@lakeread06...

How do I suppress the lines PHP normally delivers to stdout
(your browser) if I am doing command-line PHP?

e.g.

stuff.php:

<? echo 'Hello World'; ?>

Calling it from a Red Hat 7.3 command-line terminal I would
do the following:

php /my/directory/path/to/stuff.php

And I would eventually get

Hello World

But before that, an enormous amount of garbage, particularly
HTTP header information:

PHP Version 4.2.3
Content-type: text/html
Hello World

Your're using the CGI-version, rather than the CLI-version binary, from the
command-line.

How do I strip everything out except that which I need to see while using
PHP from the command line? I am having a horrific time using TCL instead.

Relevant information may be obtained from:

http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php

I hope this helps.

Anthony Borla

[Phil Powell]

Daniel Tryba <ne****************@canopus.nl> wrote in message news:<bt**********@news.tue.nl>...

Phil Powell <so*****@erols.com> wrote:

How do I suppress the lines PHP normally delivers to stdout (your browser)
if I am doing command-line PHP?

$ php -h
Usage: php [-q] [-h] [-s [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] | {<file> [args...]}
-q Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP Header output.
-s Display colour syntax highlighted source.
-f <file> Parse <file>. Implies `-q'
-v Version number
-C Do not chdir to the script's directory
-c <path> Look for php.ini file in this directory
-a Run interactively
-d foo[=bar] Define INI entry foo with value 'bar'
-e Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
-z <file> Load Zend extension <file>.
-l Syntax check only (lint)
-m Show compiled in modules
-i PHP information
-h This help

(or something really similar depending on php version (4.1.2 above))

php -q does the exact trick,thanx!

Phil

[CountScubula]

php -q does the exact trick,thanx!

Phil

if you are heavy into cli, you can do this:

make the very first line of your script read:
#!/bin/php -q

then: (note: it does not have to end in .php)
chmod 755 yourscriptname

now your script is executable as a shell script.

put a copy of it in /usr/bin

then when ever you want to use it, just type the name of the script
--
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

[Phil Powell]

"CountScubula" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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php -q does the exact trick,thanx!

Phil

if you are heavy into cli, you can do this:

make the very first line of your script read:
#!/bin/php -q

then: (note: it does not have to end in .php)
chmod 755 yourscriptname

now your script is executable as a shell script.

put a copy of it in /usr/bin

then when ever you want to use it, just type the name of the script
--
Mike Bradley
http://gzen.myhq.info -- free online php tools

Thanx I'll have to remember that too!

Phil