如何在OSX上为用户.bash_profile设置系统$ PATH以获取您安装的已添加的PHP版本

Question

Ok so here is my problem. I am trying to write a php script that will run the following type of command.

exec("$(which php) -f /path/to/script.php >> /path/to/log.log 2>&1 &");

The problem is, I am running OSX 10.5 leopard and using the Entropy PHP package. This creates php under /usr/local/php5/bin. The normal php that is installed with OSX in under /usr/bin. So when PHP executes this command it is using the wrong PHP executable. Now I know how to change the $PATH in my .bash_profile by adding it to the begining of the $PATH so that the system takes the PHP I want other then the default PHP. The problem is, when running the php from a script it doesn't do it under my user. So then it doesn't have the updated $PATH settings.

I have also looked into setting it in /etc/paths and etc/paths.d/ but these both append the path to the end, I need it to append to the beginning so that my script will use the right PHP executable.

I know I probably could run another exec command and set the path but this is only a local environment issue and when the code goes to production I won't need this set.

Answer 1

One option is to set the global path for all users. See this answer for a few examples.

For example, if the user running the command is using bash as its shell you may edit /etc/bashrc adding a line like:

export PATH="$PATH:/more/paths:/

Another option is to modify /etc/launchd.conf (note that it does not exist on Leopard by default and expects csh setenv syntax)