php script does not run when called from bash script on MAC OS X

Question

Following is a bash script run.command that I am trying to use to call a PHP script

  #!/bin/bash
  #!/usr/bin/php
  # Main script 

php -f generateTest.php

Why does this not run when I "double click" the bash script ? It runs on calling from the terminal on OS X

I get the error message

asehgal-MacBook-Pro:~ asehgal$ /Users/asehgal/projects/configtest/run.command ; exit;
Could not open input file: generateTest.php
logout
Saving session...
...copying shared history...
...saving history...truncating history files...
...completed.

I have used chmod +x to make it executable.

Is generateTest.php in the same place as run.command?

l'L'l
– l'L'l

2016-07-22 01:27:35 +00:00
Commented Jul 22, 2016 at 1:27 — l'L'l
– l'L'l, Commented Jul 22, 2016 at 1:27

ebildude123 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-22 01:39:39Z

1

Use the absolute path to your generateTest.php file and it should work, it's not working now because it's trying to find generateTest.php in your current working directory (where you are running run.command from)

Example:

#!/bin/bash
#!/usr/bin/php
# Main script 

php -f /Users/asehgal/projects/configtest/generateTest.php

answered Jul 22, 2016 at 1:39

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marc Over a year ago

actually, i was just double clicking it and I forgot that on double clicking, a new terminal window opens that defaults to the home directory.

marc · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-22 01:42:50Z

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cd -- "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")"

This needs to be there after the shebang line. Thats because when the terminal opens to run a bash script, it defaults to the current users home directory. Hence, we need to change the path to the folder out of which we expect to run out of.

answered Jul 22, 2016 at 1:42

marc

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