PHP & Cron Jobs

[Rob_Watton]

Hi

Can I run a PHP script file (eg. backup.php) as a CRON job on a linux/unix box ?

If so, may I be extremely rude and aask what would the syntax for the command line be please.

Regards

Rob.
(MG Car info & Shop @ http://www.mgxtreme.co.uk)

[stolzyboy]

it depends on how you wanna do it, you can either install the lynx text editor on the nix box and run the php page that way or use wget (most nix platforms have this installed by default)

then use something like

• lynx -dump full/path/to/script >dev/null

or

• wget -o full/path/to/script >dev/null

1st - Minutes after the Hour
2nd - Hours of the Day
3rd - Days of the Month

4th - Months of the Year

5th * - WeekDays of the Week

This would do an hourly cron with lynx

0 lynx -dump full/path/to/script >dev/null

[onyx]

Or alternatively you could just use the command line php interpreter. (if available)

• php full/path/to/script.php

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by onyx
Or alternatively you could just use the command line php interpreter. (if available)

• php full/path/to/script.php [/B]

what he means is you can use the with a PHP CLI, or if you have php installed as a CGI, not the Apache module (which, incidentally most hosts do)

[onyx]

she

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by onyx
she

that's what SHE means

[onyx]

what a rather large font you have there 🙂

[stolzyboy]

Originally posted by onyx
what a rather large font you have there 🙂

Why, thank You!