How to run a php url with parameters in cron tab

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How to run a php script in cron

I have a php script that is set to run in cron.I want to run the url with passing one parameter. I tried to pass parameters as query string and put in crontab it didn't work. How to run a url with parameters using cron?

php /var/www/prod/Reports/[email protected]

Solution 1

Ideally running PHP in command line interface (CLI) you would use $argv and $argc globals to pass parameters to the script.

Example: my_php_script.php

 <?
    var_dump($argv);


    php my_php_script.php arg1 arg2


array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(17) "my_php_script.php"
  [1]=>
  string(4) "arg1"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "arg2"
}

Hari

Solution 2

Show us your crontab (or at least the row with the PHP script). If you perform it like:

php script.php?param1=123

The above will not work. Instead do it like this:

wget http://localhost/script.php?param1=123&param2=345 -o /dev/null

Then it should work. If not, give more details.

Keep in mind, that the suggestion is JUST AN EXAMPLE. This would imply you have a running web server, that is configured to run PHP files, etc.

Comments

[user1259132]

Yes , i tried php script.php?param1=123, it is not working

[user1259132]

Yes Veseliq, The script works perfect without parameters :)

[ddinchev]

Did you read my answer at all?

[user1259132]

I was telling everything configured well ( a running web server, that is configured to run PHP files, etc. )

[Gaia]

wget is the simplest way to get the job done.