Re: Re: Cronjob

Holy wowsers...about 5 pages of jibberish printed out, and at the end: <b>Warning</b>: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in <b>test.php</b> on line <b>3</b><br> There isn't even a line 3 in the script: <?php var_dump($argv); var_dump($GLOBALS); ?> --- Don Read <dread@texas.net> wrote: > > On 25-Sep-2002 Daren Cotter wrote: > > Jason, > > > > That's exactly what I'm trying to do, and it's not > > working: > > > > My Script: > >#!/usr/bin/php -f > > <?php > > $test = $argv[1]; > > print $test; > > $demo = "This Works"; > > print $demo; > > ?> > > > > Running: > > ./test.php blah > > > > Yiels only "This Works", but not "blah". > > > > I'm using version 4.0.6 > > > > try > > var_dump($argv); > var_dump($GLOBALS); > > > > --- Jason Young <jason1@erols.com> wrote: > >> I can't say I'm really too familiar with the php > >> commandline.. > >> > >> You're using /usr/bin/php (or equivalent) and > >> attempting to use your > >> exec() that way? > >> > >> If you do 'php -?' you'll get a list of commands > >> that you can use, and I > >> don't see a way to pass cmdline arguments as > >> variables.. > >> > >> Having said that, I Just went and looked further > >> into it.. if I make a > >> test script, and at the top I put: > >> $hi = $argv[1]; > >> > >> then $hi becomes whatever you've specified as the > >> first argument.. I'm > >> assuming this is what you want? > >> > >> To clarify: > >> phpfile.php contains: > >> <? > >> $hi = $argv[1]; > >> echo $hi; > >> ?> > >> > >> Running the command "php -f phpfile.php test" > >> returns "test" > >> > >> Does this help at all?? > >> > >> -Jason > >> > >> Daren Cotter wrote: > >> > Jason, > >> > > >> > I'm not using a web script any longer, I'm > using > >> > command-line (I determined that it is installed > on > >> the > >> > server). > >> > > >> > I read about $argc and $argv, but when I call > the > >> > script passing two arguments, both $argc and > $argv > >> are > >> > blank. Is this a php.ini setting I need to > change > >> or > >> > somethign? > >> > > >> > --- Jason Young <jason1@erols.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >>Sorry to butt in :) > >> >> > >> >>Arguments to web scripts are done in the > format: > >> >>page.php?arg1=data1&arg2=data2 > >> >> > >> >>So you would use that full string as the lynx > >> path. > >> >> > >> >>Hope this helps :) > >> >>-Jason > >> >> > >> >>Daren Cotter wrote: > >> >> > >> >>>Thanks for the info Chris, it works! > >> >>> > >> >>>How do I pass arguments to the script? I'm > >> >> > >> >>assuming > >> >> > >> >>>it'd just be: > >> >>> > >> >>>test.php arg1 arg2 > >> >>> > >> >>>The stuff I've read says $argc should be the > >> count > >> >> > >> >>of > >> >> > >> >>>the # of arguments, and $argv should be an > array > >> >>>holding them...but when I do a simple: > >> >>>print "# of Arguments: $argc\n"; > >> >>>It prints nothing, not even 0 > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>>--- Chris Hewitt <g0pae@manordat.demon.co.uk> > >> >> > >> >>wrote: > >> >> > >> >>>>>On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Daren Cotter wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>>>My problem, is that I absolutely NEED to > run a > >> >>>>> > >> >>PHP > >> >> > >> >>>>>>script using crontab. The script needs to > send > >> >>>>>>numerous queries to a database every hour. > Is > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>there > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>>>>any way I can accomplish this, directly or > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>indirectly? > >> >>>> > >> >>>>Are you sure its not already there? Commonly > in > >> >>>>/usr/bin. Try a "which > >> >>>>php" and see if it finds anything? > >> >>>> > >> >>>>HTH > >> >>>>Chris > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> > >>>>__________________________________________________ > >> >>>Do you Yahoo!? > >> >>>New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > >> >>>http://sbc.yahoo.com > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>-- > >> >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> >>To unsubscribe, visit: > >> http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > __________________________________________________ > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > >> > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > >> > http://sbc.yahoo.com > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- > Don Read > dread@texas.net > -- "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to > be happy." __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com