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    Using exec() from cron job

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    I have a cron job that grabs a list of folders that need processing


    These folders are scanned for a particular type of file and then those are processed.


    I am trying to get this to run as a parallel process by using exec.

    The complication arises when the it is called, it just doesnt seem to call the function.

    I use the codeigniter framework with the cli.php found on this very site (thank you whoever wrote that!)

    The loop works like this:

        public function loopBatchDir()
        {
        [...]
        begin Loop
        foreach ($batches as $batch)
        {
        exec("php /var/path/to/webroot/cli.php Controller backgroundProcess".$batch['filename'] . " > /dev/null &")

        }
        end Loop
        }

        
        
        public function backgroundProcess()
        {
        /*this is the test section */
        echo "I have been called";
        /*end test section*/
            $batchFile = $this->uri->segment(4);
            $this->batch->insertBatchData()
        
        }


    SO when I call backgroundProcess() from the command line the I get the echo and the process executes (when providing a correct parameter

    When the loopBatchDir() is called by command line the entire process works fine, but the exec command is completley ignored.

    Other Info:  This is on a fresh dedicated server that we have exclusive use of, I have had to make changes to several php settings and I am also wondering if exec is function that has to be turned on in php.ini?

    Any help, appreciated.

    Jim

    Custom Week Numbers

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    I have a client who has an odd week numbering pattern, different Years have different week number starting dates (e.g. Academic starts in September, Tax year is April, etc etc)

     

    I know you can get the week number using date("W") if I do this with todays date (2/JAN/10) I get 53 (it is the last day of the last week of the year, the new year starts tomorrow)

     

    My clients trading year begins on Dec 25th, so I need to be able to work out week numbers from then.

     

    Any pointers would be gratefully recieved.

     

    Jimmy

    getting values from an array and adjusting db accordingly

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    Hi i got this problem...  >:(

     

    basically I have an array say:

     

    $cartArray this is a session variable and it stores the value of a cart.

     

    the array contains the items that the user has clicked on and chosen to add.

     

    now I have done all the transaction work I have added the transaction to the db, I have closed the session when it everything has been done, I am now stuck with the problem of stock. :-[

     

     

    the array contains the names of the items and nothing else i have used this array to retrieve price information from the db so that the user gets a total price so I have no probems there. ;D

     

    this is where it gets difficult, adjusting the stock values, :-\

     

    I somehow how to get the number of times that each value has appeared in the array ( I am doing this with the array_count_values() function)

     

    so I am now left with another array which lists how many times each item has been listed in the cart, I have this done so far and can display what the array contains, so I know that this is working. ;D

     

    now I have my difficult bit which I am having problems,  >:(

     

    how can take the values from this counted array and use them to adjust the values of stock in the db? ???

     

    I am really stuck! if someone could let me know which functions would come in useful or a few pointers I would be made up! thanks in advance

     

     

    Jimmy

    Nearly there but.... not quite! switch and Case functions

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    right then here goes...

     

    After the help I had earlier I have begun to try to pass a value across from one page to another dependiong upon the value, the page displays one thing or another ( I know this is simple stuff but seriously

     

    <------------------------NEWBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     

    see what I mean...)

     

     

    okay the code I have so far has a page with four links that show countries

     

    when sent to the second page, the page should display the capital.

     

    Here is the code:

     

    link.html

    <html>
<body>
<p><a href="contact.php?$country=UK">The United Kingdom</a></p>

<p> <a href="contact.php?$country=US">The United States</a></p>

<p><a href="contact.php?$country=FR">France</a></p>

<p> <a href="contact.php">Not sure...</a></p>

</body>
</html>

     

     

    and this is the page that the values are sent too:

     

    capitals.php:

    

<html>
<body>
<?php
$country = $_GET['$country'];
switch ($country)
{
case 'UK':
$capital = 'London';
break;
case 'US':
$capital = 'Washington';
break;

case 'FR':
$capital = 'Paris';
break;
default:
$capital = 'Unknown';
break;
}
?>

<?=$capital?>
</body>
</html>

     

    As other members may see I am trying to transpose from what I know of asp across to php, now absolutley nothing happens!

     

    Please could somebody give me some direction or just plainly point out where I have gone wroing then give me a slap on the back of the head!

     

    lol

     

    Jimmy

    query string use (I have read post'help with query strings in html but..)

    in PHP Coding Help

    Posted

    okay I have generally used classic asp previously and my next (and future modules) deal only with PHP, which is unfortunate for me as I don't have a clue...

     

    The only way I know how to give an example of this is in asp and I hope that someone out there knows what I need!

     

     

    Any way I need to create a few pages and for the sake of code reuse I want to do this in a particular way, now if I was to create the links that I want in classic asp I would create two pages like this:

    link.asp:

    <p><a href="contact.asp?id=feedback">Feedback</a></p>

<p> href="contact.asp?id=contact">Contact</a></p>

     

    this first would provide the links to this page:

     

    contact.asp:

    <html>

<body>
<%
Dim  strErrType, strHeadline, strMessage

'get the error type
strErrType = Request.QueryString("id")

'test the error type
Select Case strErrType
Case "contact"

strHeadline = "<h3>Hello!</h3>"
strMessage = "<p>You have chosen the Contact link.</p>"


Case "feedback"
strHeadline = "<h3>Hello!</h3>"
strMessage = "<p>You have chosen the feedback link.</p>"
End Select
%>
<%=strHeadline%>
<%=strMessage%>
</body>
</html>

     

    now when the link is sent to contact.asp it chooses which CASE has been sent through and displays the relevant info.

     

    if you choose contact.asp?id=feedback you would get the feedback message etc, both sent to the same page but depending upon the query string, displays a different message.

     

     

    (if you copy both these pages and run them as named through IIS or apache with asp installed, they will work and show what I mean)

     

    I hope that this is clear enough!

     

    So I need to do the equivalent in PHP, please can anyone put me (or push me) in the right direction so that I can do this please!

     

     

    with thanks in advance

     

     

    Jimmy

     

    [SOLVED] PHP installations to IIS - why oh why wont it work!!!

    in PHP Installation and Configuration

    Posted

    Thanks for the speedy replies people I am going to try Apache one more time as I was unable to install the Apache::ASP mod, but the link provided says that it is included within the perl mod, so I am going to try it.

     

    I am also going to try the tutorials first as I dont really want to move away from IIS as I have grown pretty used to it over the time

     

    Thanks peeps no doubt as I am a newbie to PHP I am likely to be on here a little more to bug you all!

     

    Jimmy

    [SOLVED] PHP installations to IIS - why oh why wont it work!!!

    in PHP Installation and Configuration

    Posted

    I have a real pain, I have installed and uninstalled - reinstalled, deleted removed added changed mixed around added to Path copied dll's all over the place, and this is what happens:

     

    Whenever I try to view a .php page via IIS (XP Pro btw) what happens is not what I expected:

     

    I tried this:

     

    <?
PHPINFO()
?>

     

    and this is what is displayed:

     

    <?

    PHPINFO()

    ?>

     

    normally if the install has not worked it asks me if I would like to download the file rather than display what it is supposed to do.

     

    I get is the file in text with no PHP working at all.

    if I try this:

     

    <html>
<head>
<title>My First PHP Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
</body>
</html>

    All I get is a blank browser screen

     

    Please can any body give me an idea of what I am doing wrong, if you need any more info please just ask and I will post back ASAP.

     

     

    Many thanks in advance

     

    Jimmy

     

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