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PHP + CURL help

Discussion in 'PHP' started by tamilsoft, Jan 4, 2009.

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    Hi,

    I have a php file, which uses CURL to post data to some page. Now I want to run this php file from command line .ie., from cron job. Is it possible?
     
    tamilsoft, Jan 4, 2009 IP
  2. cont911

    cont911 Peon

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    #2
    1) find where php executable is located
    2) ensure you have access to it from cronjob (depends on your hoster)
    3) run php script as something line this: /usr/bin/php yourscript.php
     
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  3. tamilsoft

    tamilsoft Banned

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    I know buddy hot to run the cron. But I'm not able to run the CURL used php page through cron. It give's the following error:

    Undefined function 'curl_init()'
     
    tamilsoft, Jan 4, 2009 IP
  4. Kaizoku

    Kaizoku Well-Known Member

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    #4
    There are 3 different versions of php.
    php as a apache module
    php-cli
    php-cgi.

    The one you want is php-cli (command line interface), which probably isn't compiled with curl support in your case.
    A way around is to use wget.
    * * * * * wget -bq -o /dev/null http://www.yoursite.com/script.php >/dev/null 2>&1
     
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    tamilsoft Banned

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    Thank you mate!, Finally wget has helped me.
     
    tamilsoft, Jan 5, 2009 IP