problem calling php script from a shell script-linux newbie

Question

Keidi 0 Newbie Poster

13 Years Ago

I am trying to call a php script through a shell script.The script is to be called as the run on receive directive of gammu-smsd.My php script executes as expected when I call it using

/opt/lampp/bin/php myvarsreader.php

.However on trying to run my script(From terminal):

#!/bin/sh
PROGRAM=/opt/lampp/bin/php myvarsreader.php
    eval "$PROGRAM \"\${SMS_${i}_NUMBER}\" \"\${SMS_${i}_TEXT}\""
    echo $? 
    echo "$PROGRAM \"\${SMS_${i}_NUMBER}\" \"\${SMS_${i}_TEXT}\"" >> ran1date

I get the following error message

./first.sh: 17: myvarsreader.php: not found
eval: 1: : Permission denied
127

myvarsreader.php permissions are:-rwxrwxrwx,so I don't understand the permission denied part.
I am running ubuntu 10

php shell-scripting

2 Contributors
5 Replies
393 Views
2 Days Discussion Span
Latest Post 13 Years Ago Latest Post by ckoy

Reply to this topic

Be a part of the DaniWeb community

We're a friendly, industry-focused community of developers, IT pros, digital marketers, and technology enthusiasts meeting, networking, learning, and sharing knowledge.

ckoy -1 Light Poster · Answer 1 · 2010-12-10T05:54:05+00:00

I am trying to call a php script through a shell script.The script is to be called as the run on receive directive of gammu-smsd.My php script executes as expected when I call it using
/opt/lampp/bin/php myvarsreader.php
.However on trying to run my script(From terminal):
#!/bin/sh
PROGRAM=/opt/lampp/bin/php myvarsreader.php
    eval "$PROGRAM \"\${SMS_${i}_NUMBER}\" \"\${SMS_${i}_TEXT}\""
    echo $? 
    echo "$PROGRAM \"\${SMS_${i}_NUMBER}\" \"\${SMS_${i}_TEXT}\"" >> ran1date
I get the following error message
./first.sh: 17: myvarsreader.php: not found
eval: 1: : Permission denied
127
myvarsreader.php permissions are:-rwxrwxrwx,so I don't understand the permission denied part.
I am running ubuntu 10

Quote the command in assignment, i.e.

PROGRAM="/opt/lampp/bin/php myvarsreader.php"

Keidi 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2010-12-10T16:17:36+00:00

Thanks ckoy,the php script is now called without any errors But no gammu-smsd environment variables are passed as arguments!?? Any suggestions?

ckoy -1 Light Poster · Answer 3 · 2010-12-10T17:09:32+00:00

If you want env vars to be accessible in a script, you must export them.
Another option is to pass them as arguments to the script but that requires some shell scripting knowledge.

Keidi 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 4 · 2010-12-10T18:13:08+00:00

OK so would you be kind enough to give a few ideas on how to go about exporting.By the way the .sh script is called by gammu-smsd does this change anything??

ckoy -1 Light Poster · Answer 5 · 2010-12-10T19:25:12+00:00

I don't know about gammu. But I google'd it and it seems the env vars are already exported in RunOnreceive directive. You just need to iterate over them in a loop, i.e. ${i} is unset in your code so you cannot get the vars. See http://wammu.eu/docs/manual/smsd/run.html#passing-message-text-to-program