Re: Using PHP as a shell script

I use a script like this, place it in cron, run it once a day to search the db and email the nescisary people the reminders they request. -- Chris Lee Mediawaveonline.com ph. 250.377.1095 ph. 250.376.2690 fx. 250.554.1120 lee@mediawaveonline.com ""John Huggins"" <huggins@tls2000.com> wrote in message news:002201c0a8ce$d57e08b0$74ee9ace@tlsusa.com... > > Hi all. > > Can I use PHP as a shell script, like bash? Or this is inviable, > impossible > and/or out of question? > It is viable and works great. You must have a php binary somewhere from a default installation of PHP. Usually, this binary is found somewhere like /usr/local/bin/php. Then make a file. #!/usr/local/bin/php -q <? print("Hello World\n"); ?> Then chmod it so it is executable like so. chmod 755 thefilename It works for me. This is a very convenient way to obtain access to databases from shell scripts. Good luck. John -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net