I'm on a shared server. When I save a script with phpinfo()
and open it in the browser, the script tells me "PHP Version 5.6.18":
When I visit my server through SSH and look in /usr/local/bin
, ls
shows me PHP versions from 4 to 5.5, but no version 5.6:
When I search for PHP with which php
, I get the following (with results from ... -v
in parentheses):
/usr/bin/php (4.4.9)
/usr/bin/php4.4
/usr/bin/php5.2
/usr/bin/php5.4
/usr/bin/php5.5
/usr/bin/php5.4-cli
/usr/bin/php5.5-cli
/usr/bin/php4.4-cli
/usr/bin/php5.2-cli
/usr/lib/php (directory, contains extensions)
/usr/lib/php4.4
/usr/lib/php5.4
/usr/lib/php5.5
/usr/lib/php5.2
/usr/local/bin/php (4.4.9)
/usr/local/bin/php5.4
/usr/local/bin/php5.5
/usr/local/bin/php4.4
/usr/local/bin/php5.2
/usr/local/lib/php.ini-nourl
/usr/include/php4.4
/usr/include/php5.4
/usr/include/php5.5
/usr/include/php5.2
/usr/local/php (4.4.9)
/usr/share/php (directory, contains: libzend-framework-php wp-cli)
So where is PHP 5.6?
I want to run a script through a cronjob using the same PHP or a similar version as the one serving web pages, e.g.
0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php5.6 -f/path/to/script.php
but I don't know where PHP 5.6 lives.
How can I find PHP 5.6 on my server?
I'm on a shared Linux server running Apache. I called my hosting provider but the weekend staff has no idea and asked me to call on Monday. Can you help me before then?