RE: [PHP] PHP and Cron

Instead of the "perl" line, you will have to use a PHP-line: A) You need to have compiled PHP as a standalone executeable, which is the same as to compile it as CGI. Then you should copy the executeable PHP into /usr/bin and type chmod +x php B) When writing a script, the shebang line has to look like this: #!/usr/bin/php The PHP code follows this line: (with line numbers) 1#!/usr/bin/php 2<?php 3 echo "Hello World!\n"; 4?> 5 C) Once the script is saved you have to chmod +x scriptname.php Then you can set the execution of the script in crontab.sh like any other cron job. ("man crontab" and "man cron" to get the man pages) HTH Marc > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Charnock [SMTP:adamcharnock@btinternet.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 4:00 PM > To: PHP Mailing List > Subject: [PHP] PHP and Cron > > 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 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >