RE: [PHP] Functions not available when run as Scheduled Task?

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Hauge [mailto:ray.hauge.lists@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:42 PM > To: Brian Dunning > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Functions not available when run as Scheduled Task? > > Brian Dunning wrote: > > Don't laugh but we have a Win 2003 Server set up with WAMP, and the > > PHP/MySQL scripts work great. I set one up to run as a scheduled task: > > > > C:\php5\php.exe "D:\wamp\www\scriptname.php" > > > > ...but nothing happens and the Scheduled Tasks log says that it exited > > with an (ff). So I entered the above manually into a command prompt, and > > it said that mysql_connect() is an unknown function! WTF? It's like it's > > trying to use a different php.ini file that maybe has mysql commented > > out. I double checked that all the php.ini files on the machine do have > > mysql enabled, and anyway mysql works fine normally. > > > > Anyone know what PHP is doing to me here in the scheduled service? > > > > I think that there might be a separate php-cli.ini file that is not > loading the modules that apache does. I'm too lazy to verify, but I > remember running into that myself a time or two. Check the output of > phpinfo(); or C:\php5\php.exe -v (I think that'll work on Windows). > > -- > Ray Hauge > www.primateapplications.com > > -- Use the -c command line option to be sure, for example: C:\php5\php.exe -c "C:\php5\php.ini" -f "D:\wamp\www\scriptname.php"