RE: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
hi you can also use http://www.webcron.org At 13:29 06/05/02, John Holmes wrote: He did say he did /not/ want to invoke it from a browser :) I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to use a text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was probably wrong ;) Actually, that's exactly how it's typically done, using wget or lynx. Yes, you can compile a standalone version of PHP and use it directly, but most hosts do not have that. So, you add a line to your cron file that calls up your PHP script through lynx. Your script shouldn't return anything, just do what it has to do, or it should redirect output to a file or email. You can use the -dump switch for lynx to dump any output that does occur. I know he said he did not want to invoke it from a browser, but I think he meant that he didn't want to have to physically go to and load up the page himself. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___ Hassan El Forkani Founder And Mantainer of : http://WarmAfrica.com EveryOne's Africa Freelance Internet Consultant / Web Applications Developper. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : 0021671880014 ___
Re: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
On Monday 06 May 2002 13:59, Julian wrote: I need to schedule to run a PHP script on server side, rather than invoke it from browser. Is there any way to compile it to .exe so it can run on Solaris/Apache environment? Yes, full instructions in the manual. no such thing as .exe in Solaris ;) just chmod 755 a file and it will execute. If yes, can you help me know how? Thanks a great deal! If you want to schedule something to run, say, every 5 minutes, then you add it to your cron jobs. In FreeBSD, you have to edit /etc/crontab to do this, then restart cron. Inorder to execute a PHP script like you want (and I could be way off on this one), I would install lynx and make cron call lynx with a link to your .php file. He did say he did /not/ want to invoke it from a browser :) -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * /* Beat your son every day; you may not know why, but he will. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
He did say he did /not/ want to invoke it from a browser :) I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to use a text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was probably wrong ;) Sabre -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
On Mon, 6 May 2002, Julian wrote: I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to use a text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was probably wrong ;) Build the CGI version of PHP and you can run it from the command line like any other interpreter. miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
He did say he did /not/ want to invoke it from a browser :) I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to use a text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was probably wrong ;) Actually, that's exactly how it's typically done, using wget or lynx. Yes, you can compile a standalone version of PHP and use it directly, but most hosts do not have that. So, you add a line to your cron file that calls up your PHP script through lynx. Your script shouldn't return anything, just do what it has to do, or it should redirect output to a file or email. You can use the -dump switch for lynx to dump any output that does occur. I know he said he did not want to invoke it from a browser, but I think he meant that he didn't want to have to physically go to and load up the page himself. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
Hi Miguel, It IS the CGI version. You mean I can ~~/php4/php /cgi-bin/cmanage/reindex.php to run it? Any other key points? Thanx. Miguel Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Mon, 6 May 2002, Julian wrote: I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to use a text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was probably wrong ;) Build the CGI version of PHP and you can run it from the command line like any other interpreter. miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
Yes, that works fine. Make it ~/php4/php -q if you don't want to get the Content-Type: header. miguel On Mon, 6 May 2002, Sogno Kahlenberg wrote: It IS the CGI version. You mean I can ~~/php4/php /cgi-bin/cmanage/reindex.php to run it? Any other key points? Thanx. Miguel Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... On Mon, 6 May 2002, Julian wrote: I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to use a text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was probably wrong ;) Build the CGI version of PHP and you can run it from the command line like any other interpreter. miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Newbie needs compile
I need to schedule to run a PHP script on server side, rather than invoke it from browser. Is there any way to compile it to .exe so it can run on Solaris/Apache environment? no such thing as .exe in Solaris ;) just chmod 755 a file and it will execute. If yes, can you help me know how? Thanks a great deal! If you want to schedule something to run, say, every 5 minutes, then you add it to your cron jobs. In FreeBSD, you have to edit /etc/crontab to do this, then restart cron. Inorder to execute a PHP script like you want (and I could be way off on this one), I would install lynx and make cron call lynx with a link to your .php file. Sabre -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
