command line and database connection

[Anon]

I have a php page which calls a database connection. It is fine if I run this page through the browser.

But if I run this page through the command line, I have fatal error on the statement of the database connection

i got fatal error: call to undefined function ibase_pconnect()

Any experts run the php command line? please help! I cannot find too enough information about running php from command line. (any sources links?)

1)

Why ibase_pconnect() is not a defined function in command line running?

2)

The reason I was trying to run this page is that I want to use windows task scheduler to run this page every day automatically. Can I can run this page automatically by using windows task scheduler but not using the command line?

Thanks

Hui

[Anon]

could be a path problem.

instead of running of your web root, perhaps the command line php need to know the absolute path.

a work around is set the scheduler to run that link at certain time. since you are running Windows, i cannot help you too much. but if you where running Linux, you could use cron and lynx.

[Anon]

Kai, you might be right.

$dbconn = ibase_pconnect( $host, $username, $password ) is calling a database connection, and the database is sitting on another server.

i use the following statement to assign it,

$host="www.anotherserver.com:c:\mydatabase\mydatabase.gdb"

this is fine through browser running but fatal error in command line running with the same statement

Any suggestions to solve this problem? Any experts? please!

I am being troubled by this issue for a while and not too much resources I can find regarding command line running php. Specially on windows.

Hui