and then to make web interface to execute as many scripts as you want in what time you want. The names of the scripts and the time for execution can be written in the database and executed with system() php function

I am going to run crontab job on php by using GET parameter. Does it work?.

for e.g:
1 * * * * c:\php.exe c:\test.php?action=fruits

I tested and failed. Is there any way to run php file but using GET paramenter as I described above?.

So, if it could works, will be easier for me to maintain function/ code only in a single php file.

Thanks.
Doya.

php -q /domains/sitename.com/public_html/phpfilename.php

my script php content:
ThisPath = realpath( dirname(__FILE__) );
include($ThisPath.’/../config_db.php’);
/** link al db */
$link = mysql_connect($DB_host,$DB_login,$DB_password);
if (!$link) {
die(“\r \n Impossibile connettersi: “.mysql_error());
} else {
echo “\r \n Connesione eseguita a: “.$DB_host;
}
/** Select DB */
$db_selected = mysql_select_db($Application["dati"], $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
die (“\r \n Impossibile utilizzare: “.mysql_error());
} else {
echo “\r \n Selezione del DB: “;
}
$backupFile= $ThisPath.’/’.$Application["dati"] . date(“Y-m-d-H-i-s”) . ‘.gz’;
echo $Application["dati"];
$command=’mysqldump –opt -h ‘.$DB_host.’ -u’.$DB_login.’ –password=’.$DB_password.’ -A | gzip > ‘.$backupFile;
echo $command;
system($command);

string $command result:
mysqldump –opt -h 127.0.0.1 -u root –password=password -A | gzip > /var/www/BK_db/db2011-02-02-13-15-36.gz

why?

then write your php script with the shebang in the first line (path must be to your php executable, -q is optional now i believe)

#!/usr/bin/php -q

followed by typical php stuff, example

<?php echo php_info();

the resulting script file can be executed from the command line:
php myphpinfoscript.php

or if you chmod myphpinfoscript.php as executable, then simply run it as
./myphpinfoscript.php

the .php is optional too

in d) but when i am in a bash shell prompt …
…
and i issue
lynx -dump http://localhost/webroot/x.php

should read
lynx -dump http://localhost/webroot/yy.php

thanks again for any leads

i have these :
a) ubuntu 8.04 LTS, apache, php, mysql, bash

b) directory: ../webroot/
-rwxr-xr– 1 root root 6.9K 2010-12-01 18:31 yy.php

this is a php script that reads log files at /var/www/ylogs and
converts contents to records into a mysql table.
i hope to run this script in cron later after a successful testing.

c) directory: /var/www/ylogs
-rwxrwx— 1 www-data root 185 2010-12-03 15:08 tallyA
-rwxrwx— 1 www-data root 185 2010-12-03 15:08 tallyB
…
…
-rwxrwx— 1 www-data root 185 2010-12-03 15:08 tallyZ

d) what happens :
when i try entering http://localhost/webroot/yy.php at the URL field in Firefox,
the script works.

but when i am in a bash shell prompt and i try :
sudo -i (i enter password of the default-sudoer-user, i am given this prompt)
root@name-of-computer :~#
and i issue
lynx -dump http://localhost/webroot/x.php

it gives me this error :
Connection to 127.0.0.1 failed, (111) Connection refused

but when i logout from root into
default-sudoer-user@name-of-computer :~$
and i issue
lynx -dump http://localhost/webroot/yy.php
it works

when i log as a regular user (non-sudoer)
regular-user@name-of-computer :~$
and i issue
lynx -dump http://localhost/webroot/yy.php
it also works.

when the tally logs are owned as root:root, i get permission denied when i run the script,
but when the tally logs are chowned as www-data:root, the script runs.

e) some questions :
in bash (and later cron), what user should i run the script yy.php as?
(and also in apache/php, my understanding is it should be www-data?)

if several computers are to submit their respective tallies
via a cronned scp into this /var/www/ylogs directory,
should i give these computers login access as user www-data
so that apache/php can run the script?
is this secure?

i am so confused, any help will be appreciated.
and sorry for a very long post.