Monit syntax error When reading shell script in /etc/monit.d/

Question

Attempting to run a PHP script via shell script and keep getting a 'syntax error' from Monit when reading the shell script.

launchQueue.sh

#!/bin/sh
php /var/app/current/hello.php

The shell script will run on it's own and I've opened up all permissions. Monit is calling it from it's own directory /etc/monit.d/* - which is supposed to run all files within it when monit starts up.

Exact error reads: "/etc/monit.d/launchQueue.sh:2: Error: syntax error 'php'"

• I have moved it out of monit.d as this post suggests, but I get the same error.

Running Monit Versions 5.2.5

Answer 1

I figured out what the issue was and it was largely due to my own ignorance of using the terminal (I'm pretty new). I installed SupervisorD and ran into similar issues. It turned out that my root $PATH didn't include the normal user (?) $PATH. Once I exported the PATH over to root, it ran just fine.

Answer 2

Monit is having it own PATH and it is very small PATH. You should provide the full path to you php executable or re-defined the PATH in your script.

Try with (tune according to your location)

#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/php /var/app/current/hello.php