Fixes #44: Allow php executable to be configurable.

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ The default values for the HTTP server deamon are `httpd` (used by Apache) for R
 
 (RedHat/CentOS only) If you have enabled any additional repositories (might I suggest geerlingguy.repo-epel or geerlingguy.repo-remi), those repositories can be listed under this variable (e.g. `remi,epel`). This can be handy, as an example, if you want to install the latest version of PHP 5.4, which is in the Remi repository.
 
+    php_executable: "php"
+
+The executable to run when calling PHP from the command line. You should only change this if running `php` on your server doesn't target the correct executable, or if you're using software collections on RHEL/CentOS and need to target a different version of PHP.
+
 ### PHP-FPM
 
 PHP-FPM is a simple and robust FastCGI Process Manager for PHP. It can dramatically ease scaling of PHP apps and is the normal way of running PHP-based sites and apps when using a webserver like Nginx (though it can be used with other webservers just as easily).

defaults/main.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ php_enable_webserver: true
 # Start and enable the PHP fpm service.
 php_enable_php_fpm: false
 
+# The executable to run when calling PHP from the command line.
+php_executable: "php"
+
 # OpCache settings (useful for PHP >=5.5).
 php_opcache_enabled_in_ini: false
 php_opcache_enable: "1"

tasks/main.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   when: php_install_from_source == true
 
 - name: Check the installed version of PHP.
-  shell: php -r "echo PHP_VERSION;"
+  shell: '{{ php_executable }} -r "echo PHP_VERSION;"'
   register: php_version
   changed_when: false
   always_run: yes