Running a webserver script on a local machine

[cmiddlebrook]

I have a Zend Application that runs on the web and allows the users to setup jobs that get put into a database in a queue system. Currently I use a cron job on my web server to run a script which runs an 'engine' which is basically just a script that takes jobs from the database queue and processes them.

 

The problem is, my website has limited memory and I can only run a few copies of the engine concurrently before it runs low on memory. I can buy a better server but this is expensive and it occurs to me that I could use my local PC or even my laptop to run the same script. Is this possible?

 

I have xampp installed on my local machines so the local development environment is virtually the same as that on the live server. Can I setup some kind of scheduled task on my local machine (like a cron job on my web server) to run the engine script?

 

Thanks,

Caroline

[trq]

Can I setup some kind of scheduled task on my local machine (like a cron job on my web server) to run the engine script?

 

Of course, Linux has Cron & Windows has Task Scheduler.

[cmiddlebrook]

That's good to know, do you know the syntax I would use on a windows machine? I've tried downloading the windows version of the lynx browser so that I can use a similar command line that I would use on my linux server but that's not working. When I issue the following command:

 

"lynx -source http://mysite.com/myphpfile.php"

 

It outputs the response that my site gives when there is a file not found error. Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

Caroline

[jcbones]

http://www.iopus.com/guides/winscheduler.htm

[cmiddlebrook]

Thank you, I've had a read of that article but I can't see any info there specifically on running PHP scripts. I think the issue is that I'm trying to run a remote script from my local PC. Running the PHP exe doesn't work as that is looking for a local path on the local machine and it doesn't recognise a URL as the path.

 

Caroline