RE: [PHP] Can php works as a scheduler?
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Tue, 21 Jan 2003 06:57:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Can php works as a scheduler? | ||
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> I built a page which will import data from csv files to database, i
want
> this task to be done automatically at the midnight of each date.
>
> so does anyone know if there is any function work as similar as
Scheduler
> in
> php? so php will run the script at specific time!
You can do what you want, but the method is to use Scheduler to run a
PHP script through php.exe or the php-cli.exe (command line interface)
file.
So, the program you'd type in for Scheduler to run would be something
like:
C:\php\php.exe -q c:\path\to\php\file.php
-q will suppress the headers. Your file.php should not output anything,
as it'll be a machine running it and no one can see the output anyhow.
---John W. Holmes...
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