PHP running in background + GET variables

[commun1]

Heya,

I wanna execute a script in the background.

exec('/usr/local/bin/php /[URL unfurl="true"]www/htdocs/test/test.php?string=test1[/URL] > /[URL unfurl="true"]www/htdocs/test/test.html[/URL] &');

test.php just consists of a var named $string, however the exec command does not pass the value "test1" for $string like it does with http GET-vars.

I need some values passed to the test.php-script which should be processed in the background.

any ideas?

 

[Chacalinc]

is this the linux's exec command?

you should use lynx instead of php directly...

 

[kenrbnsn]

When using the command line version of PHP, you need to use the variables $argc and $argv to retieve the arguments.

See

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php

for more information.

Ken

 

[DRJ478]

Where are you running this from? Inside a PHP script?
COmmand line syntax is different from URLs. You can;t just append parameters like that.

I recommend to call the script with either an Apache subrequest (need PHP as a mod) or a socket or cURL operation. Then you can execute it in the background and save the result into a flat file.

 

[Chacalinc]

[tt]wget[/tt] can help too!

 

[commun1]

i need to run it through a php script called via http.
I'm on virtual hosting so root access is not available, however safe mode is OFF so I am able to use exec().

actually, there is a user who surfs within a webpage and executes the script I want to be in the background so the surfing doesn't get interrupted.

there is user sensitive data I need to pass to that script, e.g.

http://www.test.com/testscript.php?test1=value1&test2=value2&test3=value3

...

in this example I'd need test1,test2,test3 to be used by the exec command I posted in the first thread.

Will look into $argc and $argv...

cURL seems quite complex for my intention...

 

[Chacalinc]

exec ("wget

http://www.test.com/testscript.php?test1=value1&;test2=value2&test3=value3

> some_file.html")

could help?

 

[predamarcel]

hi,
if you are using the command line PHP, the _GET variable will no be available, that's because this is a HTTP variable.
In command line execution you shod use the $argv variable

like:

print_r($argv);

Regards,
Marcel

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[DRJ478]

If the URL file wrappers are enabled file_get_contents() with a http:// will execute the script. No cURL necessary.