php -v command does not work

Question

I have just installed the php5 package on my Debian system using the standard apt-get. The code:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

works and other php pages work.

But the commands php -v and php -m do not work. It gives an error "-bash: php: command not found".

php5-cli is installed. My path is /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games. I looked into usr/bin and there is no php or php5 file. Not sure where else those can be located?

I ran:

whereis php5
php5: /etc/php5 /usr/lib/php5 /usr/lib64/php5 /usr/share/php5

Dont think any of those are the correct file?

Answer 1

Make sure that the PHP CLI package is installed. sudo apt-get install php5-cli.

Also, the PHP binary needs to be added to your path. If you run which php and get no output, then it is certain that it is not in your path.