PHP script wont work when executed via command line but work fine when executed from browser

Question

My PHP script is working very well when executed via browser but showing error message when tried to execute using Command prompt.

First I tested php file from command prompt using "system('ls >/tmp/test.txt')" in php file. It worked fine.

But when executed Mysql query within PHP script via command prompt it's showing error.(note: same mysql query within php file was successfully executed from browser).

command: php fullpath____/automatic.php

error: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in fullpath_____/automatic.php on line number 7.

What is the problem ?

Answer 1

Note that PHP may use completely different configurations for the CLI (command-line) version and the one that the webserver forwards to (for example, PHP-FPM)

That error means that the mysql extension is not enabled for PHP's CLI configuration. Login as a privileged user and try this: sudo php5enmod mysql , after that is should work.

Answer 2

php command line uses diferent php.ini than php browser. You must have installed pdo_mysql extension. In linux system the command line php.ini is in

/etc/php5/cli/php.ini

And the browser php.ini is in

/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Check that you have in that files

extension=pdo_mysql.so