RE: [PHP] php- cgi

yes ideally with cron- I know nothing about it really other than a little bit i've read- but my isp says they can execute a perl file and not a php file via cron. I was interested to see whether or not compliing as a cgo would circumnavigate this- but i'm as much in the dark about that. I have tried executing my script via autmotaing windows which didnt work really as it was reliiant on the internet connection as opposed to the servers connection- and timing out problems occurred. I am rewriting parts to include fsockopen instead of file which will help but doesnt solve the automation issue thanks -----Original Message----- From: Brian Clark [mailto:brianj@fusionwerks.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 16:04 To: PHP is not a drug. Subject: Re: [PHP] php- cgi Hi Caspar, @ 10:54:13 AM on 11/21/01, Caspar Kennerdale wrote: > I have a script that when I execute via a browser retrieves information. > Ultimately I want this automated. There has been mention on these lists > about compliling php as cgi, which I think may help By automated do you mean with something like cron? ./configure php without using apxs or apache. That will build it as a stand alone executable which you can call from a shell or from cron. If you need it as a cgi also, you'd configure it pretty much the same way you'd configure a cgi-bin for perl-cgi scripts, but I don't know if running php as an apache module AND as a cgi is going to fly. > This also may help out with some timeout issues that arise. Search this page for max_execution_time: <http://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.php> -- -Brian Clark | PGP is spoken here: 0xE4D0C7C8 Please, DO NOT carbon copy me on list replies. -- 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