Re: PHP CLI Problem

On Feb 6, 2008 11:48 AM, Robbert van Andel <robbert@vafam.com> wrote: > I contacted 1&1 and was told scripting was not supported. I wrote back > saying I didn't need help writing the script just how to run it. They wrote > back telling me to put it in a cron job using crontab –e and that was all > **rolls eyes**. Perhaps a call will give me the answers I need. > rob, please keep list topics on list for the benefit of others. if you dont get the answer you looking for; allow me to propose a dirty workaround. put the script in the webroot; then you can invoke it from cron using curl; i imagine they have that installed. you can protect the script with the following as the first line if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] !== '127.0.0.1') { die; } then you could hit if from cron as in which curl http://localhost/backup.php im now waiting for what will surely be moments for another member of the list to hack this idea to pieces ;) but it was fun to think up! -nathan