Re: PHP script: need a scheduled task!!!

You can use the Task Scheduler for PHP as well. In windows, PHP is ready to run from the command line already. Simply run the php.exe and give your file as a parameter. c:\>C:\php\php.exe thisisthefileIwanttorun.php The only thing to watch out for is that many of the nice environment variables won't be present as they would have come from your server. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zack Beatty" <ZackB@mamamedia.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:42 AM Subject: [PHP-WIN] PHP script: need a scheduled task!!! > Is there a way to schedule a php script to run at a certain time, such as > with the Windows Task Scheduler. I need to query a database once a day at > midnight. In Perl, I would simply use the Windows Task Scheduler to execute > the Perl script in the shell. However, with PHP, my script is web-based, > and can only be executed via a web-browser. A task CAN be scheduled to open > an Internet Explorer window at any given time. However, it CAN'T be > configured to go to a specific web page. Any suggestions? I've heard that > PHP can be compiled to run from the command prompt (which would > theoretically solve my problem), but I'm not ready to pursue that route. > Thanks. > -zb > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >