mediawiki - How do I run php scripts on a host's server via command line?
2013-08
Hithere Paperbag
I have a hosting provider with mediawiki installed, I am trying to install an extension and I have to navigate to a directory on their server and run an install.php script. How do i do this? I have filezilla.
terdon
You usually call the install script via a browser, e.g.
Note: usually you have to edit the MediaWiki configuration file as well when adding extensions.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Get a SSH client such as PuTTY and use it to connect to the host's SSH service. Assuming they have one. If they don't, then you won't be able to do that.
Shishant
I am not much into linux. I am trying to setup a server through ssh. I installed apache php and mysql through this command.
sudo aptitude install apache2 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 mysql-server
but I think php is not enabled on the server.
when I run command I receive response as below
$ which apache2ctl
/usr/sbin/apache2ctl
but when i check $ which php i receive no response.
$ locate php5
/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/php5
/usr/share/ubuntu-serverguide/html/C/php5.html
available apache2 modules
aptitude package manager
Craig Trader
On Debian (and thus Ubuntu), the Apache configuration files are stored under /etc/apache2. In that directory, there are 2 sub-directories for configuring modules: mods-available and mods-enabled. When you install an Apache module (ie: foo), it will put foo.load (and possibly foo.conf) into the /etc/apache2/mods-available directory. When you enable an Apache module using a2enmod, it will create a symbolic link in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled for each of the matching files from /etc/apache2/mods-available.
Thus for an Ubuntu server with PHP5 enabled, you should see something like this:
$ cd /etc/apache2
$ ls -l mods-*/*php*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 133 2008-02-27 15:49 mods-available/php5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 2008-02-27 15:49 mods-available/php5.load
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2009-02-05 07:30 mods-enabled/php5.conf -> ../mods-available/php5.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2009-02-05 07:30 mods-enabled/php5.load -> ../mods-available/php5.load
If the php5 configuration files aren't shown in the mods-enabled directory, enable them as follows:
$ sudo a2enmod php5
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Once you've done that, in order to test that PHP5 is configured, create /var/www/test.php as follows:
$ sudo echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/test.php
$ sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/test.php
$ sudo chmod 755 /var/www/test.php
Once that's done, you should be able to browse to /test.php on that server and see the PHP configuration data.
Richard Nienaber
Use the phpinfo() function. Create a .php file that Apache will serve up and include the following:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
When you navigate to the .php file, and php is installed, it should give you a whole lot of information about the php version you have installed.
meder
I believe the php binary is part of a separate package called php5-cli which you don't seem to have installed.
RC.
a2dismod disable apache modules and when executed without arguments displays the list of enabled modules:
Your choices are: alias auth_basic authn_file authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_user autoindex cgi deflate dir env mime mod-evasive mod-security negotiation php5 rewrite scgi setenvif ssl status unique_id
Which module(s) do you want to disable (wildcards ok)?
if php5 is in the list it's installed and enabled. (CTRL-C to discard the command)
Charlie Somerville
Request the following URI from your server:
/?=PHPE9568F34-D428-11d2-A769-00AA001ACF42
You should get the PHP logo. If you do, PHP is working