Question

This is driving me crazy. I need to have php execute a command to restart a script running in node. I’m using a node app called forever to run said script. The code is as follows:

<?php 
  echo '<pre>';
  echo exec('sudo -u dalton forever restart botti.js 2>&1');
  echo '</pre>';
?>

However, when I run that, I get sudo: forever: command not found

Next, I try which forever and type forever, both which give me:
forever: /usr/local/bin/forever

I edit my code to:
echo exec('sudo -u dalton /usr/local/bin/forever restart botti.js 2>&1');

Edit: After a typo, the error is now:
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory

I’m at my wit’s end. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Figured it out, I needed to define node as well:

$asdf = system('sudo -E -u dalton /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/bin/forever restart botti.js 2>&1');