Re: HELP problems running PHP4 script in CRON

I think your troubles are that you need a #!/path/to/php or you can start it with php -f file.php Julia Quoting Splashy (kevsutherland@hotmail.com): > Hi, > > Please find script below and hopefully tell me why when I run it over the > web it works perfectly but when I run it using cron or in a telnet session > it errors saying no such file or directory. > > THIS IS THE ERROR > /* > ./fetch_news.php: ?: No such file or directory > ./fetch_news.php: syntax error near unexpected token > `fetchnews($mysourcefile,$m > youtputfile,$myflashvar)' > */ > > THIS IS THE SCRIPT > <? > #Requires 3 Params > #$mysourcefile = path to content source html file > #$myoutputfile = path to content output html file > #$myflashvar = Flash variable you wish to assign the content to eg:mynews, > mytechnology > > function fetchnews($mysourcefile,$myoutputfile,$myflashvar) > { > $mysource=fopen($mysourcefile,"r") or die ("Couldn't open the Source > file"); > $myoutput=fopen($myoutputfile,"w") or die ("Couldn't open the Output > file");; > fwrite($myoutput,$myflashvar); > while (!feof($mysource)) > { > $myline=fgets($mysource, 1024); > $stripquotes=eregi_replace("&#039","`",$myline); > > $stripcolors=eregi_replace("COLOR=\"#.*\"","",$myline); > if (eregi('^<a.*<\/a><br>',$stripcolors)) > > { > $newanchor=eregi_replace("<br>","",$stripcolors); > fwrite($myoutput,"$newanchor<br>"); > } > } > fclose($myoutput); > fclose($mysource); > } > ?> > <? > > fetchnews("http://www.moreover.com/cgi-local/page?c=Graphics%20industry%20ne > ws&o=html","graphicsnews.php","mynews="); > ?> > > All help and advise is as always gratefully received! > Splashy. > -- [ Julia Anne Case ] [ Ships are safe inside the harbor, ] [Programmer at large] [ but is that what ships are really for. ] [ Admining Linux ] [ To thine own self be true. ] [ Windows/WindowsNT ] [ Fair is where you take your cows to be judged. ]