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Sagar Gopale
Sagar Gopale

Reputation: 31

How to run simple node.js Hello World program in linux dedicated server

I am quite new to node.js programming. I am using linux dedicated server. I already have installed node.js in my server(linux).

I am using follwing php program to run the linux command so i can run node.js program by these linux command

test.php:

exec('node test.js &', $a1,$a2);
print_r($a1);
echo $a2;

And after running this program it showing following o/p:

Array ( ) 0

But not returns any value in $a1 variable where it should display "Hello World"

test.js:

var http = require("http");
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
  response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
  response.write("Hello World");
  response.end();
}).listen(8888);

I also tried with port 3000 and 8000.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3659

Answers (1)

alandarev
alandarev

Reputation: 8635

For once I cannot see how the same code runs on Windows, but not on Linux. Especially since your php contains UNIX syntax.

Please do not use PHP as a bridge to Node.js, it just kills all the point of having Node.js in first place.

What you need to do is run a command in the Shell of that linux machine:

node test.js

It will start a process, do not exit it.

Once the process is running, you shall be able to navigate to your Hello World through a browser, the URL will be based on your Server's IP and port you chosen, example:

http://1.2.3.4:8888/

If that does not answer your question, then clarify please, on what exactly you want to achieve.

Upvotes: 3

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