Manual:$wgPhpCli

Shell and process control: $wgPhpCli
Executable path of PHP cli client (php/php5).
Introduced in version:1.14.0 (r40069)
Removed in version:Still in use
Allowed values:(string)
Default value:'/usr/bin/php' (1.16+)
'php' (1.14-1.15)

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Executable path of PHP cli client (php/php5).

If you're not sure what this should be set to then running whereis php, will locate the PHP binary for you.

Example

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$wgPhpCli = '/usr/bin/php';