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How to link php from XAMPP installation to use php command from user or any other directory in Ubuntu or Linux

Assumption:
I assume that you have already installed XAMPP in your Ubuntu OR Linux machine.
If not, then you may follow this link to do so: https://www.devopsschool.com/blog/installing-xampp-7-4-xxx-on-ubuntu/

How I got the error:
After installing XAMPP, I tries to check if I am able to access php command by running the below command:
php -v

The above command gave me following error:

Solution:
sudo ln -s /opt/lampp/bin/php /usr/bin/php

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this article.

Chetan