I have a debian etch server with php5 packages installed.

My issue is that I can't find any php executable to run scripts on the command line. Running "whereis php5" return folders with only config files, .so files and no executables and "whereis php" returns nothing.

I've googled and found out about php-cli. Is this the solution that I'm looking for? If so, what are the differences between php5 and php5-cli packages? Will installing the php5-cli package interfere with my current setup of php5?

Thanks for the help!

Wadih