drush pm-update and pm-updatecode using incorrect PHP version

[todda00]

I have Drush 8.0.3 installed, it is using the correct PHP-CLI version when calling most commands, but for some reason calling pm-update or pm-updatecode results in the headers being printed and failing.

Here is the output:

drush pm-updatecode
Illegal string offset 'site' backend.inc:1037                                                                                                                                       [warning]
                                                                                                 [error]
Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8

<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  proc_open(): Descriptor item must be either an array or a File-Handle in <b>phar:///usr/local/bin/drush/includes/startup.inc</b> on line <b>366</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  proc_get_status() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in <b>phar:///usr/local/bin/drush/includes/startup.inc</b> on line <b>367</b><br />
<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  proc_close() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in <b>phar:///usr/local/bin/drush/includes/startup.inc</b> on line <b>368</b><br />
, code: 0)
pm-updatestatus failed.                                            

Seems this is trying to use the CGI version even though when I run php -v it comes back with the CLI version:

php -v
PHP 5.6.16 (cli) (built: Dec 15 2015 14:00:53) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies

Here is my .bashrc:

alias php='/usr/bin/php-cli'
alias drush='/usr/bin/php-cli /usr/local/bin/drush'

And here is drush status for the Drupal 8 site I am trying to update:

drush status
 Drupal version                  :  8.0.2                                                                                                      
 Site URI                        :  http://default                                                                                             
 Database driver                 :  mysql                                                                                                      
 Database hostname               :  localhost                                                                                                  
 Database port                   :  3306                                                                                                       
 Database username               :  condev_spicerd8                                                                                            
 Database name                   :  condev_spicerd8                                                                                            
 Drupal bootstrap                :  Successful                                                                                                 
 Drupal user                     :                                                                                                             
 Default theme                   :  spicer                                                                                                     
 Administration theme            :  seven                                                                                                      
 PHP configuration               :  /usr/local/lib/php.ini                                                                                     
 PHP OS                          :  Linux                                                                                                      
 Drush script                    :  /usr/local/bin/drush                                                                                       
 Drush version                   :  8.0.3                                                                                                      
 Drush temp directory            :  /tmp                                                                                                       
 Drush configuration             :                                                                                                             
 Drush alias files               :                                                                                                             
 Install profile                 :  standard                                                                                                   
 Drupal root                     :  /home/condev/public_html/spicer                                                                            
 Drupal Settings File            :  sites/default/settings.php                                                                                 
 Site path                       :  sites/default                                                                                              
 File directory path             :  sites/default/files                                                                                        
 Temporary file directory path   :  /tmp                                                                                                       
 Sync config path                :  [OMITED] 

[weitzman]

.bashrc aliases are not that reliable when Drush redispatches. Instead adjust your $PATH to put the right PHP in front. Since you are not using the .phar install method, you could alternatively declare a DRUSH_PHP environment variable and set /path/to/php there.

[todda00]

Sweet, thanks for the fast reply. This essentially fixed my issue, or at least set me down the right path to fix some other environmental issues I had. Working great now, thanks.