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Article:		Introduction to Socket Programming with PHP
Subject:		Re: unable to run this script
Date:		2003-01-26 22:20:59
From:		manjay_dwivedi
Response to: Re: unable to run this script
see how i'm trying to run this script i put this script in my /var/www/html/sock/ folder when i trying to run this through command line ./sock.php it's shwing me error --no such directory or file found but the file is exist in that directory i'm using PHP ver-4.0 and Apachi server on linux . could u plz tell wat the exact way . Regards Manjay

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• Re: unable to run this script
  2003-01-26 23:03:12  dsolin [View]
  
  
  Hi again!
  
  Given that /var/www/html is your web root, you can either run the script by making a usual HTTP request:
  
  http://localhost/sock/sock.php
  
  Or, you can (is you indicate above) run it via the command-line. However, to do this you must have PHP as a binary (a program that can interpret PHP code). If you don't know if you have this, try the following:
  
  root@localhost# cd /var/www/html/sock
  root@localhost# php sock.php
  
  If this get the script executed, you're safe. If it returns a "php: command not found", you need to install/compile a PHP binary.
  
  When you do have a PHP binary, you can also add a so-called "shebang" at the top of your script:
  
  #!/path/to/php
  
  and then do a 'chmod 755 sock.php' to make it executable. By this, you will be able to run the script by just typing its name on the command-line:
  
  root@localhost# cd /var/www/html/sock
  root@localhost# ./sock.php
  
  Hope this helps!
  
  Best,
  Dan