Re: PHP and Cron

Adam Charnock wrote: > > Hi all. I have written a PHP script that needs to be run as a cron job. > However, since it does not have a line such as this I am told it will not > work: > #!/usr/bin/perl > > Has anyone else managed a work around for this problem or is there a good > solution to it? > > Thanks > Adam Charnock Is your PHP the CGI version or is it called by the webserver? If it is the CGI standalone version, you will need a #!/path/to/phpbinary on the first line of your script. If not, use lynx to run your script: /usr/local/bin/lynx -dump http://path-to-your-script > /dev/null This issue has been raised many times before - always check the list archives first. -- Marko.