>On Friday 19 July 2002 04:26, Scott Fletcher wrote: >> If you're going to use the cron file (or crontab) then php wouldn't work >> because it is a programming languages for the web pages. For cron files or
[Perhaps there was even more text missing that made this all out of context... Sorry.] I missed other parts of this thread, but I have to say Bull$#!^ to the idea that you need to use some language other than PHP for your cron jobs and/or shell scripting. I routinely use PHP for *all* my shell/cron scripts. It saves me hours of time, what little hair I have left, and the aspirin I'd have to down if I was using Perl or some shell script language. Sure, if it's a one-line cron job to a shell command, I'll use the command directly. If I have to think about it any more than that -- with a loop or any db access or anything remotely complicated, it's PHP. If you already know Perl or shell scripting, knock yourself out. If you don't save yourself a lot of pain and suffering and just ./configure PHP as a CGI (or CLI now) and use #!/usr/bin/php -q -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
