Automate PHP script

[faheem786]

Hi,

I want to schedulue a PHP script to run at night at 1 am everyday on a Win NT server.

(This script does several things)

Can u pls tell me how can I do this using PHP

Thanks
Ahmad🙂

[LordShryku]

Make a batch file to run the script from the command line.
Schedule the batch file in Task Scheduler.
Sip martini's 😃

[flatpooks]

hey LS
would that be using lynx and cron for example?

[LordShryku]

Not on a Windows machine. For the most part, PHP CL apps shouldn't need a browser. Most of mine just do database transactions.

Windows version of cron is the Automated Task Scheduler. The batch file just tell the task scheduler to run a command from the command line. So, in the batch file, all you really need is

@C:\php\php.exe C:\run\this\script.php

The @ says "without echo", then the path to the php executable, then the path to the script to run.

[jwp]

where can i learn cron, i need to use it urgently for a tick program

[LordShryku]

Just google for "crontab"