PHP script run as a service?

[jet042]

I'm trying to create a script that would run as a service on a Windows Server 2003 machine. I have seen the PEAR class to create deamons on a Linux box, but I didn't see anything to do with Windows. Is this even possible, or do I need to look at doing it in a different language?

 

[jpadie]

not quite sure what that means in the context of a php script. what do you want it to do that is 'service' oriented?

anyway - why not set up a cron job (scheduled task in windows) to fire at particular times or intervals.

or if you really need to run the script as a service then use srvany.exe and instsrv.exe both from the win resource kit and also freely downloadble from the web.

 

[jet042]

I just found links about instsrv and srvany and was reading through what I could find about how to use them.

Basically, I have a script that connects to a socket on our phone system and reads the SMDR data. It then takes that information and puts it into a database that we can run reports off of. It works, but when the server re-boots I have to manually re-start the script. I want to install the script as a service so that it always runs and the OS can handle restarting it automagically.

 

[jpadie]

sounds much easier to use a scheduled task. you can set the task up to run as admin (or another user) and to run whether or not a user is logged in.