Cron job for a php file

pheaselegen · 09-23-2012, 11:30 AM

Hi all;
I need to execute a php file with SSH, once a day on my CentOS 5.6 server.
How can i do this?
(Note 1: php file including more commands so i can't open with a browser.)
(Note 2: i am a newbie and i googled many pages, but i didn't find.)
(Note 3: i am From Turkey and i am sorry for my poor English.)

tulioribeiro · 09-23-2012, 12:05 PM

Maybe you can use lynx, lynx is a browser text mode.

ps.: lynx http://domain.com/?act1=x1&act2=makeThis

Regards.

Tulio Ribeiro.

michaelk · 09-23-2012, 12:17 PM

Welcome to LinuxQuestions

What does your php script do? It is possible to run them from the command line.
If would help to tell us what you are trying to accomplish.

pheaselegen · 09-23-2012, 12:21 PM

Thanks for your answers. My script compling a big (8 MB)xml file. And adding all to a database. I am making manually in ssh with following command:
php script.php

But i want to do this automaticly once a day.
Thanks again.

michaelk · 09-23-2012, 12:49 PM

I would set up public/private keys. This will allow you to run a cron script and not have to deal with entering a password. You can also make your script executable by adding #!/usr/bin/php shebang as the first line and change its permissions to executable.

You can run the php script and your other commands from a single script and call it from cron. Executing the script remotely via cron is as simple as

10 10 * * * ssh user@server "/path/to/my_script"

_dkode_ · 09-23-2012, 01:12 PM

simply set up a cron job in your server, this will invoke the script automatically.

to set up cron job ssh to the server and use: crontab -e
and set the cron entry
30 10 * * * /usr/bin/php /absolute/path/to/your/php/script

this will execute your php script at 10:30 AM everyday.

pheaselegen · 09-23-2012, 02:54 PM

Thank you all...