RUNNING A PHP SCRIPT BY cron

WOULD APPRECIATE HELP IN GETTING A PHP SCRIPT TO RUN FROM

THE cron SCHEDULER.

HAVE PHP SCRIPT THAT RUNS SUCCESSFULY WHEN EVOKED AS:

lynx localhost/mailtst.php -dump >/dev/null

HAVE PLACED STRING ABOVE INTO /usr/sbin/mtst

THE SCRIPT GATHERS TIME SENSITIVE DATA FROM THE MYSQL TABLES

COMPOSES A REPORT FROM THE RESULTS, AND EMAILS THE REPORT.

WHEN mtst IS TYPED AT THE PROMPT, ALL WORKS!

WHEN EVOKED BY cron ERROR IS : Your terminal lacks the ability to clear

the screen or position the cursor PLEASE! ANY SUGGESTIONS?

THANKS & REGARDS

EDWARD J. SONGY

Why not implement CURL and use curl to call the PHP script from cron job ?

You will find curl info. from php.net manuals.

Curl is an efficient way to handle PHP scripts from command prompt as shell, i feel.

HAD SAME PROBLEM. STOP.

COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WITH LYNX. STOP.

NOW USE 'WGET' IN CRONTAB. STOP.

WORKS FINE. STOP.

If you have PHP CGI Executable (aka "php" on unix, "php.exe" on windows), skip step 1:

Step1: Compile/Download the PHP CGI Executable

Step2: Add cron job:
php -q "/local/path/to/your/file.php"

Step3: Done