[RESOLVED] open webpage with php and scheduled tasks

DKY

I'm trying to have my php page called up by a scheduled task (which it does just fine) and my page looks on the mainframe and sees if a new file has been added. If it has then it updates a table that puts the number of the generation and then if the update is successful it does a quick header() to pull up another page. This works flawlessly through the browser but when I do a scheduled task the header() part does not work at all. Does anyone know of a way to call a webpage in a php file through a scheduled task? Thanks in advance.

dagon

are you calling the file on the server or are you using a call to your local browser to do this?

DKY

the "server" is within my network here at work so I'm calling through a scheduled task on the "servers" desktop. Does that help?

dagon

are you calling the file via the command line or are you launching a browser to call the file via a web server?

DKY

I create a scheduled task (so I'm assuming its via command line-ish) and in the "Run" area of the scheduled task I put something like the following:

C:\path\to\php.exe -f "C:\path\to\my.php"

When its running it does open a command window so I think my assumption is not too far off.

dagon

yes its via the command line, that's why header cant work, its an http header, there's no http involved if your running the script from the command line. use require() or include() instead or call the second page via the command line from the first page via exec()

DKY

I tried exec() but I must have used it incorrectly. Some kind of error displays but it goes too fast for me to see it. How would I properly use exec()?

dagon

DKY;10946896 wrote:
I tried exec() but I must have used it incorrectly. Some kind of error displays but it goes too fast for me to see it. How would I properly use exec()?

per the manual? log the error so you can read it.

DKY

It didn't work before because I forgot to put the quotes around the path to the batch file. It works now! Thanks for your help!!