How to run a PHP script once every 24 hours automatically.

[amirkhansemail]

How can we run a PHP script once every 24 hours automatically on a Linux server.

Thanks

 

[lgarner]

man cron
man crontab

"cron" is the scheduler in Linux.

 

[knalb]

i would recommend crontab(5) page "man 5 crontab" as it gives you examples as well as the syntax for the first five fields of a crontab entry

 

[zeland]

Make sure you have the PHP cli installed.

--== Anything can go wrong. It's just a matter of how far wrong it will go till people think its right. ==--

 

[Kozusnik]

Once you have php-cli installed, you'll need to add this as the first line of the php program...
#!/usr/bin/php -q

Similar to perl. Just tell the program where to find the interpreter (php executable). Then use "crontab -e" to edit the crontab. Learn vi commands.

"INSERT" key to start changing usually works.
"ESC" to exit insert mode.
":w" to write the file (that's colon then double-u)
":q" to quit editing crontab.

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