Re: Running a PHP script everyday [SOLVED]

sub@pudlz.com wrote:

What a convoluted mess. Rather than using the shebang at the begging of the PHP file I had to put it in the cron command

the shebang only works if you make the file executable... do something _like_: $> chmod ug+x /path/to/your/php/file

"/usr/local/bin/php public_html/wap/mailer/dailylist.php" It will now run. But then I had to slightly redesign the HTMLMimeMail code. I had to define some of it as functions and include the file as a function definition rather than include the direct code. I also had to change my include statements to this "include "public_html/wap/mailer/sending.php";" With this type of include I can no longer run it from a browser, but I really didn't want to

exactly what 'kind' of include is that then - looks normal to me. maybe you need to learn a bit about how include works, what the 'current working directory' is (and how this differs between CLI and SAPI versions), and how the include_path ini setting affects the use of [include|require](_once)? that said I've sometimes had to have script that runs off the cmdline and via a browser and it can be a bit of PITA to get to work flawlessly in both envs :-) ... as long as it works heh! :-)

do that anyways. Thanks for all your help. Andrew Darrow Kronos1 Productions www.pudlz.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Thompson" <miles@allnovascotia.com> To: <sub@pudlz.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 5:57 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Running a PHP script everyday

If you're on Windows, use Task Manager and have it start an instance of a web browser, with your URL and script passed to it. or Cron job on server, if you have that level of access. Miles At 01:17 PM 7/30/2005, sub@pudlz.com wrote:

I have a PHP script that I need to run once a day. I have it currently setup so that I just run it from my cell phone, but I would prefer

something

automated. I'd looked into a cron job, but that just looks like it's for doing linux command line stuff on my host. I also thought about writing a never ending while loop with an if

statement

that checks to see if it's time to run the script, then when it is time,

it

runs. Then checks to see if it's time again. But even assuming I could get it working, do I really want to have a PHP script that runs all the time. This could be bad if it ate up all the CPU

on

my server. I'm not even sure I have access rights to kill the process

once I

start it. Any suggestions? Andrew Darrow Kronos1 Productions www.pudlz.com

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