How do I execute a PHP shell script as an Automator action on Mac OS X

Question

I\'m tempted by Automator.app\'s ability to create contextual services in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I would like to create some keyboard accessible shortcuts to manipulate text

Answer 1

This is just a hack, but how about creating a python, or ruby or perl or bash script that calls php command-line interpreter with the php script you want to execute?

For instance in bash would be as simple as this:

#!/bin/bash   
php myscript.php

Now save it, give it permission for execution:

chmod +x my_bash_script.sh

And voilá. Automator can now run the bash script, which calls the php script.