Running php script from shell does not echo anything

Question

I have a very simple test.php file:

<?php

echo 'Hello World';

Then I run it from Mac Shell: php test.php But it does not echo anything. Looks like it's blocked for some reason, like this:

If I use invalid syntax in the file, for example:

<?php

invalid syntax

Then I can see the error output:

PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected 'syntax' (T_STRING) in .../test.php on line 3

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'syntax' (T_STRING) in .../test.php on line 3

What's wrong with it?

FYI:

Running php -i can print php.ini info
Running echo 'test' can print 'test'

Which command you have tried actually. I mean what you meant by Samples — Sanjay Kumar N S
– Sanjay Kumar N S, Commented Jan 14, 2016 at 5:13
@SanjayKumarNS Samples is just the containing folder name. I run the command in that folder. — Mouhong Lin
– Mouhong Lin, Commented Jan 14, 2016 at 5:29
Maybe php is aliased (try which php or run \php test.php). — fardjad
– fardjad, Commented Jan 14, 2016 at 5:38

fardjad · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-18 15:05:06Z

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Turning my comments into an answer as requested:

Here are two possible reasons why php command doesn't work as expected:

Maybe it is aliased (try which php or prepend a backslash (\) to the command)
You mentioned that you had a directory named php on your working directory. Well, zsh has a feature called AUTO_CD that may have interfered in this case. Basically AUTO_CD allows you to switch directories without typing cd and can be disabled by adding unsetopt autocd to zshrc file.

edited Jan 18, 2016 at 15:05

answered Jan 18, 2016 at 14:59

fardjad

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Mouhong Lin Over a year ago

I think i got the cause. When I'm seeing the issue, I'm letting my PHPStorm to listen to xdebug connections (doesn't hit any break point). If I stop PHPStorm, it works again.

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