[php] Running PHP script from the command line

On SuSE, there are two different configuration files for PHP: one for Apache, and one for CLI (command line interface). In the /etc/php5/ directory, you will find an "apache2" directory and a "cli" directory. Each has a "php.ini" file. The files are for the same purpose (php configuration), but apply to the two different ways of running PHP. These files, among other things, load the modules PHP uses.

If your OS is similar, then these two files are probably not the same. Your Apache php.ini is probably loading the gearman module, while the cli php.ini isn't. When the module was installed (auto or manual), it probably only updated the Apache php.ini file.

You could simply copy the Apache php.ini file over into the cli directory to make the CLI environment exactly like the Apache environment.

Or, you could find the line that loads the gearman module in the Apache file and copy/paste just it to the CLI file.