Crontab and Php variables

[iversonm]

Ok so my crontab works fine but i need to set a variable either through the url query string or post.

my command line is

/var/www/CronJobs/Blah.php?Variable=Foo

 

So when the Blah.php page is loaded with crontab $_GET['Variable'] will == Foo. How can i go about doing this, doesnt matter if it through sessions, get, post.

 

Much appreciated

[trq]

cli script accept arguments, not post or get data.

 

So, your call would look like....

 

/var/www/CronJobs/Blah.php Foo

 

and your argument will show up within the $argv array. Tale a look at the man page for cli for more info.

[kenrbnsn]

When you execute PHP from the command line, the $_GET array doesn't exist, but you can pass parameters on the command line and retrieve them from the $argv array.

$argv[0] is the php.file

$argv[1] is the first parameter

$argv[2] the second

an on and on

 

So you would have in the crontab

/var/www/CronJobs/Blah.php Foo

and "Foo" would be in $argv[1]

 

Ken

[iversonm]

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. Problem solved. I will let you know if i have anymore problems.