usr/bin/php vs. usr/bin/GET 1

[emeraldibex]

Can someone tell me the difference between these two cron jobs:

* * * * * usr/bin/php

http://site.com/script.php

* * * * * usr/bin/GET

http://site.com/script.php

(Yeah, yeah, one says "php" and one says "GET". How are they functionally different?)

Thanks.

 

[feherke]

Hi

See both man pages, for [tt]php[/tt] and [tt]GET[/tt].
[tt]php[/tt] is a script interpreter so will try to execute the commands in the script with the name "[ignore]

http://site.com/script.php

[/ignore]".
[tt]GET[/tt] is a simple browser emulation and will download the document from the URL "

http://site.com/script.php".

I underlined the main difference : in the first case the argument will be considered a file name, so you should have a file with that name. ( Excepting the case, that usr/bin/php is not the [tt]php[/tt] CLI interpreter. )

Feherke.

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