Re: error of "Could not open input file" from PHP CLI

On 13 October 2010 15:28,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> HELP
>
> I have just started to work with PHP.
>
> When I attempt to execute a PHP script I always get the error msg
>       Could not open input file: <file-path-name>
>
> I did not find anything about this being a known problem in the archive
> so presume I am doing something wrong.
>
> How can I resolve this problem?
>
> Howard Holcombe
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> DETAILS
> I downloaded the Windows 5.3.3_VC6 version of PHP onto a XP system and
> did a manual install as per the install.txt file.  The install was
> performed as a regular user rather than Administrator.
>
> 1.
> When I use the PHP CLI program to execute a PHP function from the cmd
> line as in
>        php -r "phpinfo();" > php_results
> I get the expected data in the output file.
>
> 2.
> I created a PHP script file named phpinfo.php (in the directory
> X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\test) using Wordpad to execute the phpinfo()
> function.  The script file permissions are
>          Everyone - Modify, Read&Execute, Read, Write
> The script file is NOT Read-only, Hidden or Archive
>
> 3.
> When I use the PHP CLI program to execute a PHP script file from the cmd
> line as in
>        php -f "X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\test\phpinfo.php"
>
> I get the error
>        Could not open input file: X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\test\phpinfo.php
>
> 4.
> There are no error log entries
>
> 5.
> The changes I made to the php.ini file are
> -----------------------------------
> X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\extract_5.3.3_VC6>diff C:\windows\php.ini
> php.ini-production
> 123d122
> < log_errors = On
> 381d379
> < open_basedir="X:\work\hholcomb\PHP"
> 533c531
> < display_errors = On
> ---
>> display_errors = Off
> 641d638
> < error_log = "X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\error_log\PHP_error_log.log"
> 813d809
> < extension_dir = "X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\extract_5.3.3_VC6\ext"
> 827d822
> < cgi.force_redirect = 0
> 848d842
> < cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
> 857d850
> < fastcgi.impersonate = 1
> 862d854
> < fastcgi.logging = 0
>
> X:\work\hholcomb\PHP\extract_5.3.3_VC6>
> --------------------------------------
>
> I have done the following to isolate/resolve the problem
>   1. validated that the script file does exist in the specified
> directory and is
>         accessible using the DOS "type" command - file contents are
> displayed
>   2. tried using UNIX slashes in the path to the script file - same
> result
>   3. tried running from the directory containing the script file and
> just
>          specifying the name of the file w/o the path - same result
>   4. added a -c <ini-path> to the cmd line - same result
>   5. added/removed the open_basedir specification from the php.ini file
> - same result
>   6. attempted to execute other PHP script files in the same directory
> - same result
>   7. removed the quote characters around the file path for the script
> file - same result
>

Can you load http://live.sysinternals.com/FileMon.exe and filter on
"php.exe" and highlight "phpinfo".

What happens when PHP goes looking for the phpinfo.php script?




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