Run phpsh with specific php script - phpsh

Question

By default phpsh uses system's default PHP, my system it's /usr/local/bin/php, which is php 5.2. How can I run phpsh with my custom php path — /srv/bin/php?

Answer 1

It's not supported by default, but you can quickly add.
It by applying this patch to your phpsh.py in the src folder:
--- phpsh.py 2011-05-13 18:16:32.000000000 -0400
+++ phpsh.py 2013-12-05 14:50:11.906673382 -0500
## -253,6 +253,7 ##
def __init__(self):
self.config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser({
"UndefinedFunctionCheck": "yes",
+ "PathToBinary" : None,
"Xdebug" : None,
"DebugClient" : "emacs",
"ClientTimeout" : 60,
## -388,6 +389,8 ##
except Exception, msg:
self.print_error("Failed to load config file, using default "\
"settings: " + str(msg))
+ if self.config.get_option("General", "PathToBinary"):
+ os.environ['PATH'] = self.config.get_option("General", "PathToBinary") + ':' + os.environ['PATH']
if self.with_xdebug:
xdebug = self.config.get_option("Debugging", "Xdebug")
if xdebug and xdebug != "yes":
If you want to modify an already installed version, find your pythons site-pages folder and apply the patch on both init.py and phpsh.py in that folder.
This will add a new configuration variable so in phpsh/config (in /etc/phpsh/config if installed as root, or ~/.phpsh/config if user). In there you can specify the path to your php binary
PathToBinary: /srv/bin
This is just the path where the binary should be found, not the path binary itself, i.e. /srv/bin/php will not work.