[SOLVED] -bash: php: command not found - Centos6.7

Issue

I have two versions of PHP installed on the server:

$ find / -name php -type f

result:

/opt/rh/php54/root/usr/bin/php
/opt/rh/php55/root/usr/bin/php

I've added php54 path to ~/.bash_profile

$ echo $PATH

result:

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/root/bin:/opt/rh/php54/root/usr/bin/php

however $ php -v still doesn't work.

in fact if I $ cd /opt/rh/php54/root/usr/bin and run php -v from the directory itself, it still doesn't work. I get:

-bash: php: command not found

PHP is installed as there are websites running, just command line is not working...

Both

php55-php-cli-5.5.21-4.el6.x86_64
php54-php-cli-5.4.40-2.el6.x86_64

are installed...

Solution

Wrong path:

find results:

/opt/rh/php54/root/usr/bin/php
                           ^^^--- your php binary

$PATH expects only DIRECTORIES. You listed the above path in $PATH, which means that the shell will be searching for .../usr/bin/php/php. Note the doubled php. First one is the "directory" that you added in $PATH, while the second one is the program you're trying to run. The $PATH entry should be JUST .../usr/bin/, WITHOUT the php.

Answered By - Marc B

Answer Checked By - Cary Denson (WPSolving Admin)