How do I run a PHPscript in the background on the server?

Sandbakk

How do I run a PHPscript in the background on the server, without opening a browserwindow.

PHPThorsten

maybe with a cron job?

read the manpage of crontab to get more infos

getDizzle

Is this UNIX or Windows? If UNIX, I can help, if not, I'm not quite sure although I'm sure someone else can help.

UNIX:

/path/to/script/script.php &

-The & puts the script in the background.

As stated above you can also run the script as a cron (unix scheduler). I'll wait to see what OS you're on before I dive into that area.

AndyB40

My understanding is CRON will not be able to directly run a PHP script. Assuming you are running on UNIX, I believe the idea is to ensure a web browser called "lynx" is running, and then CRON this in conjunction with the URL where the PHP script lives.

This is what my ISP has done for me for scripts I need automation for, and it works like a treat.

superwormy

You can also use wget on LINUX / UNIX if you don't have / don't want to use Lynx

Sandbakk

PHP 4.3.0, Apache 1.3

superwormy

Use the task scheduler to setup a task to run:

iexplore.exe http://www.domainname.com/pagetorun.php

Would that work?