Execute PHP script automatically using crontab

reesha_ranjith

Hi All,

I'm a PHP developer currently working on one web application.

In that project I want to send email and SMS at 6 pm daily .(Run Automatically)

So ,tried it using crontab.

cronetab -e

/1 * --silent --compressed http://localhost:8080/toExecuteSomething.php

But it is shown in the mail as:

N704 user@user-MacBook Tue Jul 19 16:49 42/1147 "Cron <user@user-MacBook> --silent --compressed http://localhost:8080/toExecuteSomething.php
N704 user@user-MacBook Tue Jul 19 16:50 42/1147 "Cron <user@user-MacBook> --silent --compressed http://localhost:8080/toExecuteSomething.php
N704 user@user-MacBook Tue Jul 19 16:51 42/1147 "Cron <user@user-MacBook> --silent --compressed http://localhost:8080/toExecuteSomething.php

And I'm not getting the things done(no outcome for toExecuteSomething.php)

How can it be implemented?

Please help in this.

I 'm using MAMP Server ,Mysql and Mac OS.
Reesha

anoopmail

I thinbk the problem is with the way to specify path

http://localhost:8080/toExecuteSomething.php

This should be something like

/var/share/toExecuteSomething.php

bradgrafelman

anoopmail;10984694 wrote:
I thinbk the problem is with the way to specify path

So do I; namely because this:

http://localhost:8080/toExecuteSomething.php

is not a path.

@reesha ranjith: If you want to make an HTTP request to your local webserver, you'll have to use something like 'wget' or 'curl'.

However, it would be more efficient to simply invoke the PHP parser directly, e.g. "php /path/to/file.php" .

reesha_ranjith

Thanks Bradgrafelman,

Its working fine.

I used curl to invoke the url

johanafm

reesha ranjith;10984730 wrote:
I used curl to invoke the url

Read brad's post once again, specifically the line

bradgrafelman;10984709 wrote:
However, it would be more efficient to simply invoke the PHP parser directly, e.g. "php /path/to/file.php" .

You have the file locally, that is on a disk directly accessible. Yet, instead of just somehow using the file directly from the disk, e.g. by issuing a shell command "php /path/file" or by PHP's file accessing function such as file_get_contents(path/file), you send a GET or POST request from your machine, to the web server on the same machine, have the web server access the file, and if relevant return the file's data via HTTP.

In short: When you have something in your house that you want, go get it. Don't leave the house, walk around it once, knock on the door and ask your mom / girflriend to give it to you, reenter the house and have them leave the house, walk around it once, knock on the door and give it to you.