Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-10-01 Thread Per Jessen
Waynn Lue wrote: > Right, and I am, so I stayed away from that solution. My next > attempt was to specify /usr/local/bin/php in the cron job, but that > led to a problem because of the include paths. Now that I specific > the full path, evidently the include path no longer is relative to the > d

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-10-01 Thread Waynn Lue
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Richard Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are running PHP as CGI, replacing the CGI with CLI could be > problematic down the road... > > Right, and I am, so I stayed away from that solution. My next attempt was to specify /usr/local/bin/php in the cron jo

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-29 Thread Eric Butera
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Nathan Rixham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn McKenzie wrote: >> >> Shawn McKenzie wrote: >>> >>> Waynn Lue wrote: Yup, you're completely right. I checked the cronjob and got this: PHP 5.2.6 (cgi) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:39:32) Copyright

RE: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-29 Thread Richard Lynch
If you are running PHP as CGI, replacing the CGI with CLI could be problematic down the road... From: Waynn Lue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 6:12 AM To: Richard Lynch Cc: Per Jessen; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs Yup, you&#x

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-29 Thread Nathan Rixham
Shawn McKenzie wrote: Shawn McKenzie wrote: Waynn Lue wrote: Yup, you're completely right. I checked the cronjob and got this: PHP 5.2.6 (cgi) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:39:32) Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies with Advanced PHP

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-29 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Waynn Lue wrote: > Yup, you're completely right. I checked the cronjob and got this: > > PHP 5.2.6 (cgi) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:39:32) > Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group > Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies >with Advanced PHP Debugger (APD) v0.9, , by George Sc

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-29 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Waynn Lue wrote: >> Yup, you're completely right. I checked the cronjob and got this: >> >> PHP 5.2.6 (cgi) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:39:32) >> Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group >> Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies >>with Advanced PHP Debugg

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-28 Thread Waynn Lue
Yup, you're completely right. I checked the cronjob and got this: PHP 5.2.6 (cgi) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:39:32) Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies with Advanced PHP Debugger (APD) v0.9, , by George Schlossnagle Turns out there's

RE: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Richard Lynch
___ O/H Waynn Lue ??: Perhaps this would do the job much better. 12 6 * * * php -f /home/foo/temp.php Probably no different, unless the new-fangled -f implies -q, and he's running the new version of PHP, which I doubt. Also consider an alternative solutio

RE: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Richard Lynch
From: Waynn Lue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 6:04 AM To: Per Jessen Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs > > > This is something that I've noticed for awhile, but last post to this &g

RE: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Richard Lynch
You are using the old school PHP CGI as if it were PHP CLI. Upgrade and use PHP CLI. Or just add -q to the args: 12 6 * * * php -q /home/foo/temp.php php -h will show you the version and nature (CLI/CGI) of PHP you are running, as well as the args and what they do, in rather terse format. _

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Thodoris
O/H Waynn Lue ??: This is something that I've noticed for awhile, but last post to this mailing list reminded me that someone probably already knows how to work around this! I have a cron job that looks something like 12 6 * * * php /home/foo/temp.php But even if temp.php doesn't output an

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Per Jessen
Waynn Lue wrote: > Hm looks like it's CLI. > > $ php -v > PHP 5.2.6 (cli) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:36:00) > Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group > Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies > with Advanced PHP Debugger (APD) v0.9, , by George Schlossnagle Yep, looks good -

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Waynn Lue
Hm looks like it's CLI. $ php -v PHP 5.2.6 (cli) (built: Aug 11 2008 13:36:00) Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies with Advanced PHP Debugger (APD) v0.9, , by George Schlossnagle

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Per Jessen
Waynn Lue wrote: > I actually am using MAILTO, and that's where the problem is. A > cronjob only mails when there actually is output, which I'm fine with. > In fact, when I run php temp.php from the command line, I don't get > any output. But when it's part of the cronjob, there's that > conten

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Waynn Lue
> > > This is something that I've noticed for awhile, but last post to this > > mailing list reminded me that someone probably already knows how to > > work > > around this! I have a cron job that looks something like > > > > 12 6 * * * php /home/foo/temp.php > > > > But even if temp.php doesn't o

Re: [PHP] PHP + Cron jobs

2008-09-27 Thread Per Jessen
Waynn Lue wrote: > This is something that I've noticed for awhile, but last post to this > mailing list reminded me that someone probably already knows how to > work > around this! I have a cron job that looks something like > > 12 6 * * * php /home/foo/temp.php > > But even if temp.php doesn't

Re: [PHP] PHP Cron jobs

2001-01-27 Thread Matthew Kendall
"James Mclean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... > i do not have access to the cron system on my server, but > would like to write a script that does some general housekeeping > on my database, and various other things like removing old users, > sending some newsletters etc... What about putting the s

Re: [PHP] PHP Cron jobs

2001-01-27 Thread Egan
On Sat, 27 Jan 2001 18:05:08 +1030, "James Mclean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i do not have access to the cron system on my server >The Sysadmin for the server is absolutly useless, so getting him to submit a >cron job is no good. >any ideas?? My idea: We provide user cron access

Re: [PHP] PHP Cron jobs

2001-01-27 Thread mick
The best way really is a cron job ... maybe you need a new ISP or a new sysadmin. Mick > What would be the best way of getting the script to run on a timed basis, > ideally the times and frequency of the script running defined in either the > script its self, or another script. > The Sy