Autoload a webpage

[anders2002]

Hi,

How do I setup a linux system using CRON to automatically open/view a PHP page (or just execute its content!)

Ideally I want a php page to be run every morning at 1am that performs a number of email routines via data from a mysql database.

Is CRON the right area to be looking in for this type of task?

Cheers!

Anders

 

[thedaver]

You would compile PHP as a standalone binary, then simply cron the entry for 1am like
00 01 * * * root /usr/local/bin/php script.php

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[Chacalinc]

or the script can start with:

#!/usr/local/bin/php

and let it "chmod +x script.php"

 

[rrsub]

In the ASP world I left, we would load iexplore <URL>. PHP can run from the command line which is just cheeky.

 

[anders2002]

Great - thanks for all your suggestions it works treat now!

I did the following

0 1 * * * /usr/local/bin/php ~/secure/crm/admin/cron.php