php scripts with CRON under Apache

jjanes

Hi everyone I am very new to PHP and after looking at some threads about this I am still unclear
my host is running PHP under APACHE can I CRON php scripts???

In one thread it was stated I could use a web browser to process the php script which I think would work fine. If this works how do start a web browser and then load it with the script file???

I know the syntax for CRON

38 11 * 'path to whatever'

I am assuming I would execute the web browser in the 'path to whatever' area described above. Where and what this is I am not sure and then some how load the PHP script into this browser

As you can see I know a few of the main things but don't quite have the whole picture so could you respond with very basic instructions. I thank you alot.

Jeff

jjanes

Well resolved this for the most part

I was able to run the my php script with CRON when PHP is installed as a APACHE module by calling the lynx text based web browser and supplying it my web location wehre my php script is located here is my actual CRON entry
45 1 * lynx http://www.janesworld.com/word.php

and it worked it was a simple script that simply emails me the time and date that the email was sent along with the classic
"Hello World" message standard in all first attempt programming codes. Sure enough I got the email.

On a side note I also got a automatic email message from my CRON DAEMON with the message explaining exactly what it was doing as it processed the connection to lynx and connected to my script file. Does anyone know of a way to eliminate this???

I hope this helps others

Jeff

Anon

Changing your cron entry to...

45 1 * lynx http://www.janesworld.com/word.php > /dev/null

Should fix this...