Re: Calling php from cron

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 21:32:39 -0500, blackwater dev <blackwaterdev@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to use cron to call my php simpletest runner but am not sure of > the syntax. What syntax would I use for the cron job to call an > external webpage? My webhost uses webmin where I can just enter the > command. I don't want to call a page on the server but an another > server. cron can't 'call' a webpage, it's just the scheduling mechanism for other commands. You might try entering a PHP command as a cron entry if that's what you mean. * * * * * /usr/bin/php -r 'echo file_get_contents( "http://php.net" );' >/dev/null 2>&1 There's also wget, curl, etc.. -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/