Running a Scheduled Task on PHP

[netfrugal]

I would like to run a simple php file that backs up my database. The file is in one of the virtual directories.

I know I can do it with other ways, but I'm interested in how to do it on a windows OS, and using the windows scheduled tasks wizard - if possible.

I've read that parameters need to be set up, but I don't quite understand what that means.

Does anyone know how I can do this in a simple step by step fashion?

thanks!

[netfrugal]

Got it figured out!

The best way to do this is to create a batch file that includes php.exe and the php file that needs to be executed:

C:\php\php.exe C:\apache2\htdocs\emailscript.php

then I set up the scheduled task to run the .bat file when I need it.

Next thing to figure out is how to set up a cron job on linux to do the same thing.

[MarkR]

Yes- that's the basic idea.

You might want to put into your batch file (or Linux shell script) a "cd" command to change to the appropriate directory before running PHP, otherwise calls to (e.g.) fopen, include() won't be able to find their stuff in the right place.

Mark

[zabmilenko]

And also, if you want to capture output, a simple redirect:

C:\php\php.exe C:\apache2\htdocs\emailscript.php > c:\mylogdir\emailscript.log