Re: Pass parameters via url inside a php cron job

From: Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:14:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Pass parameters via url inside a php cron job
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Merlin Morgenstern schreef: > Hi there, > > I would like to run a php file via cron job and there is a parameter to > be passed. Unfortunatelly this does not work: > > # /usr/local/bin/php /home/www/create_notification_emails.php?tf=2 > Could not open input file: /home/www/create_notification_emails.php?tf=2 > > The problem seems to be the ?tf=2 something like: "/usr/local/bin/php /home/www/create_notification_emails.php -tf=2" you can retrieve input args via $argv variable - I suggest finding a package that parses this input for you so you don't have to manually do it, search for something like "php GetOpt package" ... PEAR has one for sure. > How do I pass parameters to this script? I need the same script but > executed in different time frames which is passed by the parameter. > > Any ideas? > > Thank you for any hint, > > Merlin >

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