A little help with cli

harman

I am running a php script via cli. Here's the script

#!/usr/local/bin/php -q
<?PHP
require('inc-common_include.php');
require('fastMail/cls-fast_mail.php');

$eb = NEW FAST_MAIL($db);

$eb->InitiateBroadcast();
$eb->StartOver();
?>

here's how i execute it

$cmd = 'nohup /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/bancadmin/adminNew/bgp-email_send.php >/dev/null 2>&1 &';
exec($cmd);

i've done similar stuff before but for some reason it just doesnt execute the script. Can anybody help?

LordShryku

Well, It might be because you're using a shebang in in the script to point it to the binary, then executing the command with the path to the binary as well.

harman

isnt that how its supposed to be done?

LordShryku

Well, I'm not sure it would work that way, but you only need to use one method of pointing it to the binary. The shebang is used so you can run scripts without knowing the binary, since it's already pointed in the file. Try the command without pointing, like this

$cmd = '/home/bancadmin/adminNew/bgp-email_send.php >/dev/null 2>&1 &';

harman

I have tried everything, even changed the file permission to 777 still nothing, if i call the page directly from the browser it prints
#!/usr/local/bin/php -q and then does what the script needs to do. So there has to be something wrong with the way i am calling the script

$cmd = 'nohup /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/bancadmin/adminNew/emailsend.php >/dev/null 2>&1 &';
exec($cmd);

dalecosp

I can't say it's the reason for your problems, but it's certainly not necessary to call your scripts tha way. I never call php with the -f switch, none of my scripts have a shebang, and run like this:

/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/me/script/foo.php

An exception are some that I use as UNIX utilities; they do have the shebang, are in my $PATH, have execute permissions, and I call them simply by name. For example, my PPP link at home goes for days on end with no problems then bites the dust repeatedly for a day or two, (must be running Windoze ppp servers) and after a while, fetchmail gives up the fight. So, "refetch" gives me this:

#!/usr/local/bin/php -q

<?php

$foo=shell_exec("ps -ax | grep fetchmail");

$bar=explode("\n", $foo);  // "grep fetchmail" is also caught by ps(1)
$baz=strtok($bar[0], " ");
$killstring="kill -USR1 $baz";

system($killstring);

?>

Dunno if this is helpful, but here 'tis....

harman

so to run it in the background you just do

exec('/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/me/script/foo.php > &1 &')

man nothing seems to be working, the funny thing is i have another similar script that i execute in similar way, an dit runs flawlessly....

dalecosp

Originally posted by harman
so to run it in the background you just do
exec('/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/me/script/foo.php > &1 &')
[/b]

Well, no, 'cause in my shell there's no advantage to exec AFAIK. However, I no less about the shell than about PHP, and that's not saying much. In sh, wouldn't it just be nohup /usr/local/bin/php -q /myscript >/dev/null 2>&1 & ??

man nothing seems to be working, the funny thing is i have another similar script that i execute in similar way, an dit runs flawlessly....

Well, you have done

/usr/localbin/php -l /path/to/suspect.script

harman

yes i tried the following

exec('nohup /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/me/script/foo.php > &1 &')

And I also removed the shebang form the script, still nothing...mind you if i run the script directly it works fine...man this if so frustrating...All i am trying to do is send a bunch of emails, but i have to do it in the background, is there any other way to do it...thanks