Re: [PHP] Crontab

[1LT John W. Holmes]

Program it into the homepage to run once a day. As long as  you get one hit
per day, then it'll run.

---John Holmes...

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From: "Mauricio Cuenca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:15 AM
Subject: [PHP] Crontab


> Hello,
>
> I need to run a daily script on our website but I'm trying to avoid using
> CRONTAB.
>
> Is there any way that I can run this daily ?
> Is there any equivalent to ASP's Application_OnStart for PHP ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> _
> Mauricio Cuenca
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RE: [PHP] Crontab

[Jay Blanchard]

[snip]
Program it into the homepage to run once a day. As long as  you get one hit
per day, then it'll run.
...

> I need to run a daily script on our website but I'm trying to avoid using
> CRONTAB.
>
> Is there any way that I can run this daily ?
[/snip]

But if you need to run it only once per day you will have to have a method
to do it. Using John's suggested homepage method have the daily script open
a file and record the date. Then each successive hit during the day should
also open that file...if today's date is already there it will not run the
script again else it will run and set today's date.

HTH!

Jay



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Re: [PHP] Crontab

[Nathan Littlepage]

Compile php as a CGI then write a script that begins as such.

#!/usr/local/bin/php -q


Chmod on file and place in crontab.

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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:11 PM
Subject: [PHP] Crontab


> 
> 
>  Hello,
> 
> 
>I need to run one php script using crontab.I am having this doubt.If
> the phpscript run in the command prompt then only we can run the script
> using crontab...please tell me how do i go about with this..
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Uma 
> 
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Re: [PHP] Crontab

[sanjay]

see whether the command line option is available on your server. 

sanjay

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Subject: [PHP] Crontab




 Hello,


   I need to run one php script using crontab.I am having this doubt.If
the phpscript run in the command prompt then only we can run the script
using crontab...please tell me how do i go about with this..




-Uma 


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Re: [PHP] Crontab

[Jason Wong]

On Wednesday 27 February 2002 13:11, Uma Shankari T. wrote:
>  Hello,
>
>
>I need to run one php script using crontab.I am having this doubt.If
> the phpscript run in the command prompt then only we can run the script
> using crontab...please tell me how do i go about with this..

You can have crontab run lynx/links to access your php page.


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RE: [PHP] Crontab

[Sven Jacobs]

I've use a script that I put in my cron.weekly to execute a php script and
it works fine :-)



#! /bin/sh

#Run Report Generation Script 

/usr/bin/php4 /usr/share/netsaint/genmonrep.scp.php

Kind Regards
Sven

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On Wednesday 27 February 2002 13:11, Uma Shankari T. wrote:
>  Hello,
>
>
>I need to run one php script using crontab.I am having this doubt.If
> the phpscript run in the command prompt then only we can run the script
> using crontab...please tell me how do i go about with this..

You can have crontab run lynx/links to access your php page.


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RE: [PHP] Crontab

[Stewart G.]

This is why I love lists. I was going to have to do something similar this 
week and was planning on using perl, never thought about running php from 
the command line.

Thanks,

=S.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Sven Jacobs wrote:

> I've use a script that I put in my cron.weekly to execute a php script and
> it works fine :-)
> 
> 
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> 
> #Run Report Generation Script 
> 
> /usr/bin/php4 /usr/share/netsaint/genmonrep.scp.php
> 
> Kind Regards
> Sven
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Jason Wong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: mercredi 27 février 2002 8:04
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Crontab
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 27 February 2002 13:11, Uma Shankari T. wrote:
> >  Hello,
> >
> >
> >I need to run one php script using crontab.I am having this doubt.If
> > the phpscript run in the command prompt then only we can run the script
> > using crontab...please tell me how do i go about with this..
> 
> You can have crontab run lynx/links to access your php page.
> 
> 
> 


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Re: [PHP] CRONTAB

[Miguel Cruz]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Julian wrote:
> I am attempting execute automatically an script PHP, all the days at a
> certain hour.
> 
> I configured the cron to executes it, but when it is executed, instead of
> working, I receive an email in
> my main account where say:
> 
> /home/vipteam/public_html/distribuidor/mailf.php: echoNo tinterrumpir:
> command not found

If you are running from cron, you need to tell it to use the php 
interpreter.

So either tell it in your crontab entry with something like:

  0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /blah/blah/mailf.php

Or channel it through your web server with something like this:

  0 * * * * /usr/bin/lynx http://127.0.0.1/distribuidor/mailf.php

Or put a comment in the first line of your PHP file that tells the shell 
to use PHP to run it:

  #!/usr/local/bin/php

All of these paths are samples; you'll need to figure out where these 
things are on your system.

miguel




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RE: [PHP] CRONTAB

[Julian]

Hi Miguel!!

Thank you for your help!

My script run fine with:

0 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/my/script.php

But I continue receiving an email each time that the script run that say:

X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6
Content-type: text/html


I don't understand it, because in my script I didn't put content of this
type

Do you know what is the problem now??

Regards and thank for your time!! Julian



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To: Julian
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] CRONTAB


On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Julian wrote:
> I am attempting execute automatically an script PHP, all the days at a
> certain hour.
>
> I configured the cron to executes it, but when it is executed, instead of
> working, I receive an email in
> my main account where say:
>
> /home/vipteam/public_html/distribuidor/mailf.php: echoNo tinterrumpir:
> command not found

If you are running from cron, you need to tell it to use the php
interpreter.

So either tell it in your crontab entry with something like:

  0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /blah/blah/mailf.php

Or channel it through your web server with something like this:

  0 * * * * /usr/bin/lynx http://127.0.0.1/distribuidor/mailf.php

Or put a comment in the first line of your PHP file that tells the shell
to use PHP to run it:

  #!/usr/local/bin/php

All of these paths are samples; you'll need to figure out where these
things are on your system.

miguel




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RE: [PHP] CRONTAB

[Miguel Cruz]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Julian wrote:
> My script run fine with:
> 
> 0 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/my/script.php
> 
> But I continue receiving an email each time that the script run that say:
> 
> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6
> Content-type: text/html

PHP thinks it's producing output to be sent via a web server, so it 
outputs those headery lines.

Changing "/usr/bin/php" to "/usr/bin/php -q" will probably fix the
problem.

miguel


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Re: [PHP] CRONTAB

[Analysis & Solutions]

On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 09:42:02PM -0300, Julian wrote:
> 0 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/my/script.php
> 
> But I continue receiving an email each time that the script run that say:
> 
> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6
> Content-type: text/html

Those two lines are PHP's default output.  Crontab, by default, sends 
output of programs to the user by email.  You can change both behaviors 
by doing this:

0 0 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /path/to/my/script.php >> /dev/null 2>&1

Enjoy,

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RE: [PHP] CRONTAB

[Julian]

YES!!  MY SCRIPT RUN AND I'M NOT RECEIVING ANY EMAIL!

Thanks to all!!

Specials thanks to Miguel and Dan!!

Regards! Julian



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Subject: Re: [PHP] CRONTAB


On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 09:42:02PM -0300, Julian wrote:
> 0 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/my/script.php
> 
> But I continue receiving an email each time that the script run that say:
> 
> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6
> Content-type: text/html

Those two lines are PHP's default output.  Crontab, by default, sends 
output of programs to the user by email.  You can change both behaviors 
by doing this:

0 0 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /path/to/my/script.php >> /dev/null 2>&1

Enjoy,

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Re: [PHP] crontab

[Liam Gibbs]

> Can I run a php script in crontab?
> Do I echo or print?
> Anyone doing it?

This is a serious security hazard. However, what you could do is have a PHP
page set cron settings (such as name of file, location, frequency, and
importance), then have another cron job (running at a decent frequency) do
the organization. However, this is still a security flaw, as hackers can
just take a look at your cron jobs and get in and run their own in place of
yours. Probably no more a flaw than normal, though, as if a hacker can get
in to replace your cron job, they can get in and run any number of things
anyway. Make sure to hard code your cron jobs, as having a downloadable page
is a bigger security hazard. You don't want the PHP page to do this itself,
because it will have to run as root.

I did this one time, and if I'm allowed some time to get my page up, I can
e-mail you some instructions. What you'll need is a PHP page, a txt file
(for the settings) and a cron job that will read the file and do the
necessary steps to arrange the cron jobs itself.



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RE: [PHP] crontab

[Cal Evans]

1: yes you can.
2: You can use either print or echo. I use echo when I actually want
something output, most of my scripts don't output anything. If there is some
output of import, I use mail() to send it to myself.
3: Yes, I am.

* Cal Evans
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Subject: [PHP] crontab


Can I run a php script in crontab?
Do I echo or print?
Anyone doing it?


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Re: [PHP] crontab

[John Taylor-Johnston]

Cal, Liam, Jimmy,
Thanks. If this is a serious security hazard, could you show me some code that is more 
secure? I am the "root". Mind you I've never worked with crontab before. I want to run 
/var/www/backup_mysql.php I suppose I should start by putting it somewhere not 
publicly accessible?

Thanks,
John

Liam Gibbs wrote:

> > Can I run a php script in crontab?
> > Do I echo or print?
> > Anyone doing it?
>
> This is a serious security hazard. However, what you could do is have a PHP
> page set cron settings (such as name of file, location, frequency, and
> importance), then have another cron job (running at a decent frequency) do
> the organization. However, this is still a security flaw, as hackers can
> just take a look at your cron jobs and get in and run their own in place of
> yours. Probably no more a flaw than normal, though, as if a hacker can get
> in to replace your cron job, they can get in and run any number of things
> anyway. Make sure to hard code your cron jobs, as having a downloadable page
> is a bigger security hazard. You don't want the PHP page to do this itself,
> because it will have to run as root.
>
> I did this one time, and if I'm allowed some time to get my page up, I can
> e-mail you some instructions. What you'll need is a PHP page, a txt file
> (for the settings) and a cron job that will read the file and do the
> necessary steps to arrange the cron jobs itself.


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Re: [PHP] crontab

[Joseph Szobody]

> I want to run /var/www/backup_mysql.php 

Are you just trying to backup your MySQL database? If so, check this out:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/wipe_out/automysqlbackup

Edit a view configuration variables (db to be backed up, path, etc), throw it in 
/etc/cron.daily, and forget about it.

I does daily, weekly, and monthly backups. It overwrites the daily backups after seven 
days, so you don't have a growing number of backups taking up HD space. It overwrites 
the weekly backups after 5 weeks for the same reason. It never overwrites monthly 
backups.

I use it on several server. It works really well.

Joseph



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Re: [PHP] crontab

[Jimmy Brake]

i think one of us misunderstood your posting ... 

my suggestion was simply to put a php script in your crontab to be run
whenever you set it to go .. if you are writing a php script to update
crontab for you as Liam understood your message it is not a good idea (
actually it's a really bad idea :) )

but running a php script versus a bash or perl or whatever
script/program is no more a concern than those ( always have security in
mind )


On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:07, John Taylor-Johnston wrote:
> Cal, Liam, Jimmy,
> Thanks. If this is a serious security hazard, could you show me some code that is 
> more secure? I am the "root". Mind you I've never worked with crontab before. I want 
> to run /var/www/backup_mysql.php I suppose I should start by putting it somewhere 
> not publicly accessible?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> Liam Gibbs wrote:
> 
> > > Can I run a php script in crontab?
> > > Do I echo or print?
> > > Anyone doing it?
> >
> > This is a serious security hazard. However, what you could do is have a PHP
> > page set cron settings (such as name of file, location, frequency, and
> > importance), then have another cron job (running at a decent frequency) do
> > the organization. However, this is still a security flaw, as hackers can
> > just take a look at your cron jobs and get in and run their own in place of
> > yours. Probably no more a flaw than normal, though, as if a hacker can get
> > in to replace your cron job, they can get in and run any number of things
> > anyway. Make sure to hard code your cron jobs, as having a downloadable page
> > is a bigger security hazard. You don't want the PHP page to do this itself,
> > because it will have to run as root.
> >
> > I did this one time, and if I'm allowed some time to get my page up, I can
> > e-mail you some instructions. What you'll need is a PHP page, a txt file
> > (for the settings) and a cron job that will read the file and do the
> > necessary steps to arrange the cron jobs itself.
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RE: [PHP] crontab

[Cal Evans]

I've not seen anything to indicate to me that running php scripts in a cron
job (via php compiled as a CLI) is any less secure than running cron jobs
written in any other language.

All of mine are 700 root, the cron process runs as root and I understand
that. Since I'm the root on the box, it's ok.

PHP does not 'run as root'. The CLI will run as whomever is executing the
script.

My $.02 worth.
=C=

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Subject: Re: [PHP] crontab


Cal, Liam, Jimmy,
Thanks. If this is a serious security hazard, could you show me some code
that is more secure? I am the "root". Mind you I've never worked with
crontab before. I want to run /var/www/backup_mysql.php I suppose I should
start by putting it somewhere not publicly accessible?

Thanks,
John

Liam Gibbs wrote:

> > Can I run a php script in crontab?
> > Do I echo or print?
> > Anyone doing it?
>
> This is a serious security hazard. However, what you could do is have a
PHP
> page set cron settings (such as name of file, location, frequency, and
> importance), then have another cron job (running at a decent frequency) do
> the organization. However, this is still a security flaw, as hackers can
> just take a look at your cron jobs and get in and run their own in place
of
> yours. Probably no more a flaw than normal, though, as if a hacker can get
> in to replace your cron job, they can get in and run any number of things
> anyway. Make sure to hard code your cron jobs, as having a downloadable
page
> is a bigger security hazard. You don't want the PHP page to do this
itself,
> because it will have to run as root.
>
> I did this one time, and if I'm allowed some time to get my page up, I can
> e-mail you some instructions. What you'll need is a PHP page, a txt file
> (for the settings) and a cron job that will read the file and do the
> necessary steps to arrange the cron jobs itself.


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Re: [PHP] crontab

[Liam Gibbs]

> Can I run a php script in crontab?
> Do I echo or print?
> Anyone doing it?

Well, why don't I just completely misunderstand the question. Sorry,
everyone.


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Re: [PHP] crontab

[Sunfire]

dont know..i would think you could but i have all my php tasks like crontabs
running in windows and they work just fine... hehe didnt think i could do
that but when i tried it it worked grin!


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> Can I run a php script in crontab?
> Do I echo or print?
> Anyone doing it?
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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Arnold Gamboa]

thanks for the comment

let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will drain
the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have usleep(300)
on each while?

your comment please.

> put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my mass
> mailer and it worked like a charm.
>
> --Joe
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > hi there.
> >
> > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> >
> > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> >
> > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk
into
> > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
>
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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Joe Stump]

put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my mass 
mailer and it worked like a charm.

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On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> hi there.
> 
> is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> 
> "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> 
> i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk into
> records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 

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RE: [PHP] crontab help

[PHPBeginner.com]

Yup, it will...

A good idea is to call exec() of a cgi script which sends email without time
outs.
CGI has it cute feature - never times out. I've seen it in some software.


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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 4:37 PM
To: Joe Stump
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] crontab help


thanks for the comment

let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will drain
the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have usleep(300)
on each while?

your comment please.

> put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my mass
> mailer and it worked like a charm.
>
> --Joe
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > hi there.
> >
> > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> >
> > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> >
> > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk
into
> > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
>
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>
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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Joe Stump]

I send roughly 1M of these and put a sleep() (not usleep - that's microseconds)
into the while loop - I've come up with a decent balance that sends out a good
number (like 5000) and then sleeps just long enough to get them out of qmail's
queue, then it sends another 5000 (and so on).

Usually takes about 24 hours to send out 1M messages.

--Joe

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:36:33PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> thanks for the comment
> 
> let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will drain
> the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have usleep(300)
> on each while?
> 
> your comment please.
> 
> > put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my mass
> > mailer and it worked like a charm.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > hi there.
> > >
> > > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> > >
> > > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> > >
> > > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk
> into
> > > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > --
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>  -o)
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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Joe Stump]

BTW when it sleeps PHP takes up no noticable resources. Also I'm running the
php binary to send out these messages (that way I can use screen and make sure
that my browser doesn't crash, os freeze, etc.)

--Joe

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:36:33PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> thanks for the comment
> 
> let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will drain
> the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have usleep(300)
> on each while?
> 
> your comment please.
> 
> > put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my mass
> > mailer and it worked like a charm.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > hi there.
> > >
> > > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> > >
> > > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> > >
> > > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk
> into
> > > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > --
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>  -o)
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> >
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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Arnold Gamboa]

hi,

thanks again. questions:

1. sleep(300) would mean pause by 300 mins, right?  That's why i thought you
mean usleep(300) - 300 microseconds. please comment
2. what you mean is i will send 5000 emails, then pause and send again?

Thanks for your help.

> I send roughly 1M of these and put a sleep() (not usleep - that's
microseconds)
> into the while loop - I've come up with a decent balance that sends out a
good
> number (like 5000) and then sleeps just long enough to get them out of
qmail's
> queue, then it sends another 5000 (and so on).
>
> Usually takes about 24 hours to send out 1M messages.
>
> --Joe
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:36:33PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > thanks for the comment
> >
> > let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will
drain
> > the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have
usleep(300)
> > on each while?
> >
> > your comment please.
> >
> > > put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my
mass
> > > mailer and it worked like a charm.
> > >
> > > --Joe
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > > hi there.
> > > >
> > > > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> > > >
> > > > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> > > >
> > > > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to
chunk
> > into
> > > > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> >
> --
> > -
> > > Joe Stump, PHP Hacker,
> >  -o)
> > > http://www.miester.org http://www.care2.com
> > /\\
> > > "It's not enough to succeed. Everyone else must fail" -- Larry Ellison
> > _\_V
> >
> --
> > -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> --
>
> --
-
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 -o)
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RE: [PHP] crontab help

[Boget, Chris]

> 1. sleep(300) would mean pause by 300 mins, right?  That's 
> why i thought you mean usleep(300) - 300 microseconds. 

No, 300 seconds - 5 minutes.

Chris

Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Joe Stump]

1.) sleep() is in seconds - plain old seconds - so sleep(300) == 5 minutes.

2.) yes - send, sleep, send, ...

--Joe


On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 11:09:05PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> hi,
> 
> thanks again. questions:
> 
> 1. sleep(300) would mean pause by 300 mins, right?  That's why i thought you
> mean usleep(300) - 300 microseconds. please comment
> 2. what you mean is i will send 5000 emails, then pause and send again?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> > I send roughly 1M of these and put a sleep() (not usleep - that's
> microseconds)
> > into the while loop - I've come up with a decent balance that sends out a
> good
> > number (like 5000) and then sleeps just long enough to get them out of
> qmail's
> > queue, then it sends another 5000 (and so on).
> >
> > Usually takes about 24 hours to send out 1M messages.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:36:33PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > thanks for the comment
> > >
> > > let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will
> drain
> > > the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have
> usleep(300)
> > > on each while?
> > >
> > > your comment please.
> > >
> > > > put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my
> mass
> > > > mailer and it worked like a charm.
> > > >
> > > > --Joe
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > > > hi there.
> > > > >
> > > > > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> > > > >
> > > > > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> > > > >
> > > > > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to
> chunk
> > > into
> > > > > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > >
> > --
> > > -
> > > > Joe Stump, PHP Hacker,
> > >  -o)
> > > > http://www.miester.org http://www.care2.com
> > > /\\
> > > > "It's not enough to succeed. Everyone else must fail" -- Larry Ellison
> > > _\_V
> > >
> > --
> > > -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > --
> -
> > Joe Stump, PHP Hacker,
>  -o)
> > http://www.miester.org http://www.care2.com
> /\\
> > "It's not enough to succeed. Everyone else must fail" -- Larry Ellison
> _\_V
> > --
> -
> >
> >
> >
> 

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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Dale Frohman]

sleep is in seconds.  so that would be 5 minutes.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Arnold Gamboa wrote:

> hi,
> 
> thanks again. questions:
> 
> 1. sleep(300) would mean pause by 300 mins, right?  That's why i thought you
> mean usleep(300) - 300 microseconds. please comment
> 2. what you mean is i will send 5000 emails, then pause and send again?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> > I send roughly 1M of these and put a sleep() (not usleep - that's
> microseconds)
> > into the while loop - I've come up with a decent balance that sends out a
> good
> > number (like 5000) and then sleeps just long enough to get them out of
> qmail's
> > queue, then it sends another 5000 (and so on).
> >
> > Usually takes about 24 hours to send out 1M messages.
> >
> > --Joe
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:36:33PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > thanks for the comment
> > >
> > > let's just say i have 100k emails to send... don't you think that will
> drain
> > > the system resources if i send it all at once even if you have
> usleep(300)
> > > on each while?
> > >
> > > your comment please.
> > >
> > > > put a sleep(300); at the end of your while() loop - I did this on my
> mass
> > > > mailer and it worked like a charm.
> > > >
> > > > --Joe
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> > > > > hi there.
> > > > >
> > > > > is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> > > > >
> > > > > "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> > > > >
> > > > > i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to
> chunk
> > > into
> > > > > records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > >
> > --
> > > -
> > > > Joe Stump, PHP Hacker,
> > >  -o)
> > > > http://www.miester.org http://www.care2.com
> > > /\\
> > > > "It's not enough to succeed. Everyone else must fail" -- Larry Ellison
> > > _\_V
> > >
> > --
> > > -
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > --
> -
> > Joe Stump, PHP Hacker,
>  -o)
> > http://www.miester.org http://www.care2.com
> /\\
> > "It's not enough to succeed. Everyone else must fail" -- Larry Ellison
> _\_V
> > --
> -
> >
> >
> >
> 
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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[Joe Stump]

Didn't you just ask this a few days ago?

In your while loop put a sleep(300) which will sleep for 300 seconds after
processing X amount of emails.

--Joe

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:53:10PM +0800, Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> hi there.
> 
> is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> 
> "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> 
> i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk into
> records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 

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Re: [PHP] crontab help

[William N. Zanatta]

Arnold,

 In the minutes field on crontab, you can add as many values as you want
separated by a colon. Try somthing like this...

00,05,10,15,20,25 and so until 55 * * * 
^
THIS IS A MINUTES FIELD WITH MANY VALUES 

 We use it here and it does the job fine. Try reading crontab manpages
for additional info.

William

Arnold Gamboa wrote:
> 
> hi there.
> 
> is there a way to tell crontab to do:
> 
> "run script every 5 mins for 1 hour"..
> 
> i have this mass email script that is so huge that i need it to chunk into
> records and make sure that it will run every 5 mins for 1 hour.
> 
> Thanks for any help.

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RE: [PHP] Crontab for Windows

[Warren Vail]

> On my live server I use Linux, so am fully familiar with Crontab. I am
> not that familiar with running scripts using the scheduler in
> Win2K though.

I use nncronlite which is a cron implementation for windoz (familiar
crot.tab file);

http://www.batchconverter.com/nnCronLITE-download-16062.shtml

One problem I encountered with the MS scheduler, is it needed to be running
as a process, and in an implementation of windows that had Microsoft SQL
Server running on NT, seems this SQL server has the ability to schedule some
batch processes, but it implemented a replacement for the batch scheduler
that would not process my "AT" commands.  In windoz the "AT" command is used
to add processes to the schedule.

hope this helps,

Warren Vail

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Re: [PHP] Crontab for Windows

[Richard Lynch]

bob wrote:
> C:\php\php.exe -q c:\path\to\php\file.php
>
> But this doesn't seem to do anything..the task manager in the windows
> scheduler just keeps saying that the task has not been run.
>
> Any suggestions?

The Task Scheduler uses the 'at' command under the hood, same as cron...

Perhaps if you dig down into your 'at' command and see if it's broken...

> Also, one thing I would like my script to do is to send out an email,
> but I don't have a mail server set up on my home PC..is there anyway to
> run a script from a server on a different machine, using Windows
> scheduler, and if so, what form would the 'path' to the file/server take?

If a full-fledged SMTP server is too much hassle, and you're looking to
send a relatively light load of email, I've been told that the Pegasus
email client is quite happy and easily run from a command line to send out
mail under Windows.  YMMV

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Re: [PHP] Crontab for Windows

[Jochem Maas]

bob wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to schedule the running of some PHP scripts on my Win2K PC 
at home.

On my live server I use Linux, so am fully familiar with Crontab. I am 
not that familiar with running scripts using the scheduler in Win2K though.

So far what I have is:
C:\php\php.exe -q c:\path\to\php\file.php
what happens if you quote everything?:
"C:\php\php.exe" "-q" "c:\path\to\php\file.php"
But this doesn't seem to do anything..the task manager in the windows 
scheduler just keeps saying that the task has not been run.

Any suggestions?
Also, one thing I would like my script to do is to send out an email, 
but I don't have a mail server set up on my home PC..is there anyway to 
run a script from a server on a different machine, using Windows 
scheduler, and if so, what form would the 'path' to the file/server take?

Many thanks
Alexis
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Re: [PHP] Crontab for Windows

[pjn]

On W3K you could use this as the run line in
Scheduled Tasks and probably the same in XP
although I have not tested this. The same
components exist in the W2K version although
may be in different locations/names.
Run: cmd /c "c:\php\php.exe -q c:\path\to\php\file.php"
Start in: C:\path\to\php\file\
Run as: username/pass with security acess to
both php.exe and the file.php
YMMV
pjn
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bob wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to schedule the running of some PHP scripts on my Win2K PC at 
home.

On my live server I use Linux, so am fully familiar with Crontab. I am 
not that familiar with running scripts using the scheduler in Win2K 
though.

So far what I have is:
C:\php\php.exe -q c:\path\to\php\file.php
what happens if you quote everything?:
"C:\php\php.exe" "-q" "c:\path\to\php\file.php"
But this doesn't seem to do anything..the task manager in the windows 
scheduler just keeps saying that the task has not been run.

Any suggestions?
Also, one thing I would like my script to do is to send out an email, but 
I don't have a mail server set up on my home PC..is there anyway to run a 
script from a server on a different machine, using Windows scheduler, and 
if so, what form would the 'path' to the file/server take?

Many thanks
Alexis
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Re: [PHP] Crontab for Windows

[Jason Barnett]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On W3K you could use this as the run line in
> Scheduled Tasks and probably the same in XP
> although I have not tested this. The same
> components exist in the W2K version although
> may be in different locations/names.
> 
> Run: cmd /c "c:\php\php.exe -q c:\path\to\php\file.php"

This is *very* close to what I use with Windows XP (actually I use this
for file types so that I can right click and run a PHP file on the
command line).

cmd /K "C:\php\php.exe -f %1"

The %1 is a variable that gets replaced.  If you set this up for the
file type then the %1 is the name of the file.

So to apply this knowledge to scheduled tasks, you can do:
cmd /K "C:\php\php.exe -f C:\path\to\your\file.php"

> 
> Start in: C:\path\to\php\file\
> 
> Run as: username/pass with security acess to
> both php.exe and the file.php

Agreed... it is much easier to manage it this way although it is
*possible* to use the command "runas" to execute PHP as a different user.

For help on these commands, just use:
cmd /?
runas /?

> 
> YMMV
> 
> pjn
> 


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Re: [PHP] Crontab PHP Script

[Marek Kilimajer]

Ryan Schefke wrote --- napísal::
Hi,
 

Can someone please give me some guidance.  I'd like to run a php script
every minute (in reality every night, but just testing).  I've done some
reading and found that a crontab is the best way to go (I think).  I'm using
Plesk 7 on a Linux box and I have root access.
 


Then I setup my crontab command as:
/home/httpd/vhosts/tgwedding.com/httpdocs/tgwedding/crontab.php
The crontab command should be:
/path/to/php /path/to/your/crontab.php
Add -q parameter if the php executable is cgi and not cli
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Re: [PHP] Crontab PHP Script

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 19:34, Ryan Schefke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Can someone please give me some guidance.  I'd like to run a php script
> every minute (in reality every night, but just testing).  I've done some
> reading and found that a crontab is the best way to go (I think).  I'm using
> Plesk 7 on a Linux box and I have root access.
> 

You need to add #!/usr/bin/php
At the start of your script so it knows how to run it.  You will also
need to set the permission bits to allow execution 
chmod 700

Change the path to where you have the cli version of php on your system.


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Re: [PHP] Crontab PHP Script

[Tim Traver]

Not sure if this is different in linux, but usually the first parameter is 
the minutes, and if you had 01 in it, that means that it would do it once 
an hour (i.e. 12:01, 1:01, 2:01, etc...

They should all have stars to do it once a minute.
In freeBSD, it would look like this :
*   *   *   *   root/usr/local/bin/php 
home/httpd/vhosts/tgwedding.com/httpdocs/tgwedding/crontab.php

Tim.
At 04:34 PM 6/26/2004, Ryan Schefke wrote:
Hi,

Can someone please give me some guidance.  I'd like to run a php script
every minute (in reality every night, but just testing).  I've done some
reading and found that a crontab is the best way to go (I think).  I'm using
Plesk 7 on a Linux box and I have root access.

I made a quick php script called crontab.php to email me.

==

/* subject */
$str_subject = "crontab test";

/* message */
$messagecontent = "this is a test to see
if crontab working nightly\n\n";

/* to */
$to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";

/* from */
$headers .= "From: tgWedding
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\r\n";

/* bcc */
//  $headers .= "Bcc:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]";

mail($to, $str_subject, $messagecontent,
$headers);
?>


Then I setup my crontab command as:
/home/httpd/vhosts/tgwedding.com/httpdocs/tgwedding/crontab.php



I used " * " for every field except M, which I set to " 01 " to run every
minute.


It's not working...can someone guide me along and let me know what I've done
wrong.

Thanks,
Ryan

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RE: [PHP] Crontab PHP Script

[Ryan Schefke]

Just some closure on my crontab question:

1 - Since my linux box has Plesk 7 (PSA) and it already had php installed on
it I guess php is installed in the "/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/php" directory.
Pretty sure atleast since the below crontab command is now executing my
script:
/usr/local/psa/admin/bin/php
/home/httpd/vhosts/tgwedding.com/httpdocs/tgwedding/crontab.php

I believe traditionally php is installed in "/usr/local/bin/php" but I could
be wrong...this is what was throwing me off.

2 - Tim, you were right, all stars will make the crontab run every minute on
my linux box


-Original Message-
From: Tim Traver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 1:17 AM
To: Ryan Schefke; Php-General-Help; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [PHP] Crontab PHP Script

Not sure if this is different in linux, but usually the first parameter is 
the minutes, and if you had 01 in it, that means that it would do it once 
an hour (i.e. 12:01, 1:01, 2:01, etc...

They should all have stars to do it once a minute.

In freeBSD, it would look like this :
*   *   *   *   root/usr/local/bin/php 
home/httpd/vhosts/tgwedding.com/httpdocs/tgwedding/crontab.php

Tim.


At 04:34 PM 6/26/2004, Ryan Schefke wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>
>Can someone please give me some guidance.  I'd like to run a php script
>every minute (in reality every night, but just testing).  I've done some
>reading and found that a crontab is the best way to go (I think).  I'm
using
>Plesk 7 on a Linux box and I have root access.
>
>
>
>I made a quick php script called crontab.php to email me.
>
>
>
>==
>
>
> /* subject */
>
> $str_subject = "crontab test";
>
>
>
> /* message */
>
> $messagecontent = "this is a test to
see
>if crontab working nightly\n\n";
>
>
>
> /* to */
>
> $to = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
>
>
>
> /* from */
>
> $headers .= "From: tgWedding
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\r\n";
>
>
>
> /* bcc */
>
> //  $headers .= "Bcc:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
>
>
>
> mail($to, $str_subject,
$messagecontent,
>$headers);
>
>?>
>
>
>
>
>
>Then I setup my crontab command as:
>/home/httpd/vhosts/tgwedding.com/httpdocs/tgwedding/crontab.php
><https://217.160.251.56:8443/sysuser/crontab_edit.php?cte_src=CTEJKgkqCSoJK
g
>kvaG9tZS9odHRwZC92aG9zdHMvdGd3ZWRkaW5nLmNvbS9odHRwZG9jcy90Z3dlZGRpbmcvY3Jvb
n
>RhYi5waHA=>
>
>
>
>
>
>I used " * " for every field except M, which I set to " 01 " to run every
>minute.
>
>
>
>
>
>It's not working...can someone guide me along and let me know what I've
done
>wrong.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Ryan


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Re: [PHP] crontab programmed with mysql ??

[Tom Rogers]

Hi,

Tuesday, September 3, 2002, 7:55:56 AM, you wrote:
aac> I'm looking for the approximate solution of mailing out (or doing anything
aac> else )
aac> timed by cron(tab) along with use of mysql as means of identification and
aac> storing
aac> of the dates in multiuser enviroment.
aac> Initial date and interval of recurring event is to be set up by a user.
aac> May you know some open source code as an example to do that or so?
aac> Thank you,
aac> Oleg

Probably the easiest way is to set up cron to call a php script every
5 mins or whatever the smallest interval you will need and have that
script run through your mysql tables looking for jobs to do. That way
you only need one cron job. If you are on unix type server the
simplest is to use lynx like this

5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /usr/bin/lynx -dump 
http://domain.com/chkjob.php 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null


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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Myron Turner]

Yvan wrote:

Hello all,

I don't know if it's the correct list, but as a php script is involved

I try to start a set up a crontab job with crontab -e, which should start a php 
script:

*/10*   *   *   *   cd /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/ ; 
/usr/bin/php /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/controller.php

but nothing happens, and in the /etc/crontab or in /private/etc/crontab the job 
is not listed.
As I am using Mac OS 10.4.9, should I use launchd? or does someone use crontab 
with a mac? I try a GUI application called CronniX to setup the job but without 
success.
Any hints? 


Thanks in advance for your time and help.

cheers
yvan

  


It wouldn't appear in /etc/crontab, which is a system level file.  My 
Mac is being repaired but aren't /etc and private/etc the  same directory? 

Check your mail by typing mail and reading your mail.  If there's an 
error it should/may be reported there (again I'm not sure about OS X).  
Otherwise, or in addition, check your system error logs.


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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Chris]

Yvan wrote:

Hello all,

I don't know if it's the correct list, but as a php script is involved


Nope, not the right list. Cron isn't running - which has absolutely 
nothing to do with php.



I try to start a set up a crontab job with crontab -e, which should start a php 
script:

*/10*   *   *   *   cd /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/ ; 
/usr/bin/php /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/controller.php


You don't need the cd command, change it to:

/usr/bin/php /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/controller.php

also add a

MAILTO="your_email_Address.com"

at the top of the file in case it's throwing any errors.

No idea where mac puts cron files but on linux systems it's usually 
/var/spool/cron/your_user_name


(I'm guessing *bsd is the same but ask them).

If you're still having problems I'd suggest asking a mac list.

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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Yvan]

On March 28, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> this question really has nothing to do with php ... that said.
> 
> on standard unix systems, user-level crontabs (which is what you're
> writing with the crontab -e command) are found in
> /var/spool/cron/. there's also generally a cron log in /var/log/.
> you should check the cron log file to confirm that the cron is running.
> if there isn't a cron log file you might want to look in
> /etc/syslog.conf to see where it says cron messages are being put.
> 
> if a cron runs a job but the job fails for some reason, mail is sent to
> the user under which the cron is being run. anything output to stdout
> is also sent to that user. i.e., check the mail of the user under which
> you're running this cron. [this assumes that your system is configured
> to handle local mail.]
> 
> [the above are for standard unix systems, i've never actually touched
> macOSX.]
> 
> 
>   - Rick
> 
> 

Shell command as cron jobs work and errors are also send to the local mail, but 
php scripts are not executed, is their any permission issues ?
the same con job work fine on a centos box.

Thank anyway for the hints

yvan


>  Original Message 
> > Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 03:55:09 PM -0700
> > From: Yvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: php-general@lists.php.net
> > Cc: 
> > Subject: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I don't know if it's the correct list, but as a php script is
> > involved
> > 
> > I try to start a set up a crontab job with crontab -e, which should
> > start a php script:
> > 
> > */10*   *   *   *   cd /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/ ; 
> > /usr/bin/php
> > /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/controller.php
> > 
> > but nothing happens, and in the /etc/crontab or in
> > /private/etc/crontab the job is not listed. As I am using Mac OS
> > 10.4.9, should I use launchd? or does someone use crontab with a mac?
> > I try a GUI application called CronniX to setup the job but without
> > success. Any hints? 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for your time and help.
> > 
> > cheers
> > yvan
> > 
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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Yvan]

On March 28, 2007, Chris wrote:
> Yvan wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I don't know if it's the correct list, but as a php script is involved
> 
> Nope, not the right list. Cron isn't running - which has absolutely 
> nothing to do with php.
> 
> > I try to start a set up a crontab job with crontab -e, which should start a 
> > php script:
> > 
> > */10*   *   *   *   cd /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/ ; 
> > /usr/bin/php /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/controller.php
> 
> You don't need the cd command, change it to:
> 
> /usr/bin/php /Users/yvan/Sites/est-pac/controller.php
> 
> also add a
> 
> MAILTO="your_email_Address.com"
> 
> at the top of the file in case it's throwing any errors.
> 
> No idea where mac puts cron files but on linux systems it's usually 
> /var/spool/cron/your_user_name
> 
> (I'm guessing *bsd is the same but ask them).
> 
> If you're still having problems I'd suggest asking a mac list.
> 

There is a lot of require_once(' ') in the script and if i am not in the 
correct folder the script won't work. 
ok i will ask a mac list, sorry for the noise
thanks
yvan

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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Chris]

Shell command as cron jobs work and errors are also send to the local mail, but 
php scripts are not executed


Does running the command manually work?

If not, there's your problem.

If it does, then it's a cron issue.

Still something you should ask about on a mac mailing list.

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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Chris]

There is a lot of require_once(' ') in the script and if i am not in the correct folder the script won't work. 


That is something php related ;)

Change your require to something like this:

require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/other_file_name.php');

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Re: [PHP] crontab, PHP and MACOSX

[Yvan Strahm]

On 3/28/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



> There is a lot of require_once(' ') in the script and if i am not in the
correct folder the script won't work.

That is something php related ;)

Change your require to something like this:

require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/other_file_name.php');

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Thanks for the hint. I found s solution to execute the php script from the
cron scheduler: add a "&" at the end of the crontab command

Thank for your help.

yvan