Running ffmpeg from php. Getting sh: 1: ffmpeg: not found

[alexstyl]

I am trying to execute ffmpeg from php. I have installed ffmpeg locally on my mac via homebrew and I am able to run the commands I need via terminal.

When I try to execute the following code:

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<?php
    echo "Starting ffmpeg";
    $output = shell_exec("ffmpeg -i test.mp3 -codec:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k out.mp3 2>&1");
    echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
?>

I am receiving the following on my browser:

Starting ffmpeg

sh: 1: ffmpeg: not found

I am assuming that I somehow need to install ffmpeg to my xampp server but it is not obvious how to do that. After searching online I can find linux and Windows tutorials but I couldn't figure out something out by looking at them.

What I tried doing was to download the ffmpeg static build form https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-mac and placed it in the htdocs holder, and then tried to execute ffmpeg as if it was an executable (after changing chmod), but still no luck.

How would one go and install and then run ffmpeg on their xampp server?

[alexstyl]

I realised that the apache server that xampp starts is a debian instance. I was using the wrong static build (mac instead of debian one). Downloading and using the debian one resolved my issue.