Re: running PHP from the cron

Maybe this will help, I use lynx -d to do some stuff on the database every day. Basically, I just made a php page that does the thing I need to do in the database and it doesn't generate any output. My command is lynx -d http://website/phppage.php Hope this helps. Marky > From: "Simon R Jones" <simon@studio24.net> > Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:27:02 -0000 > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] running PHP from the cron >>> I have PHP installed as an Apache module and I can't have it as >> CGI.. now >>> I'm looking into ways to run PHP scripts off the cron, and I saw >> >> Rebuilt php again and don't specify the apache configuration option. This >> will build php as a CGI program which you can then use in cron. >> >> Does anyone else do this? I'd love it if the default php build still built >> the CGI when building the apache plugin. > > thanks for the reply Dave, > my point is that I do not have access to certain root stuff on Apache (it's > a virtual server) so I am forced to only use PHP as a module, which to be > honest I prefer to do since as far as I'm aware that makes it faster and > it's only for some cron job stuff where the CGI option becomes more useful > (to me at least). > > So I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of using fetch to parse PHP > scripts off the cron. An example (from PHPAds) is below.. > 59 23 * * * fetch -o - > http://www.profi.it/phpAds/mail.php3>>/var/log/messages > > I'm wondering if there are any pros/cons to this approach, and whether there > are any better ways of running PHP off the cron bar resorting to CGI. > > best wishes, > simon > > > ------------------------------------------- > Studio 24 Ltd | tel. 01223 501 892 > 30 Hopkins Close | fax. 0870 063 1216 > Cambridge | mob. 07974 074 547 > CB4 1FD | www.studio24.net > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >