Making a bat file for Window task Scheduler

[Shadowing]

Can someone help me out with making a bat file. I cant find a good set of directions on google.

 

I have window scheduler all working in running but it runs my script in note pad and not IE like I need it too.

 

I also read something about php cgi file for doing this same thing but cant make heads of tails out of it from reading about it in the manual.

 

Trying to run this http://localhost/gate/users/update.php

 

 

[scootstah]

Do you actually need it to load in a browser? If you just want to run the script you can use the PHP command line tools...

C:\PHP5\php.exe -f "Path/to/script/here"

 

Make sure you set the interpreter location to where ever your PHP is installed to.

[Shadowing]

Hey scootstah

 

Yah i dont really need it to run in the browser

 

ok I opened php.exe

 

and typed in C:\software\XAMPP\xampp\php -f "C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\htdocs\stargate\users\update.php"

 

then I hit enter and it just took me to the next line

[Shadowing]

i dont understand why all the instructions online stop at this point

 

am i suppose to use window scheduler to open up php.exe while i have this command line wrote in it?

[scootstah]

You don't open up php.exe, you open command prompt and then type in the php.exe.

[Shadowing]

ahh alright i typed this into command prompt and got c:\software\xampp\xampp\php is not a recognized as an internal or external command. operable program or batch file.

 

C:\software\XAMPP\xampp\php -f "C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\htdocs\stargate\users\update.php"

 

Thats my exact dir where my php folder is located though

 

Im using xampp with PHP 5.3.8

 

 

[scootstah]

You need to actually have the .exe part.

[Shadowing]

when command prompt first loads I get

 

D:\documents and settings\shadowings>

 

so I hit c: enter brings me down to

c:\> then I type software\XAMPP\xampp\php.exe -f "C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\htdocs\stargate\users\update.php"

 

and gives the same error

 

 

[Shadowing]

opps forgot to go php/php.exe ok that loaded my script.

 

whats my next step. how do i make this load my script every hour

[Shadowing]

ahh figured out how to make a bat file, then use what you told me to put in the bat file

 

and then have window scheduler run it every minute

 

pretty awesome

[scootstah]

Just curious, what are you doing that needs to be updated every 1 minute?

[Shadowing]

making a web broswer game. every one minute was just to test it.

making it so every hour it updates all accounts adding resources for players

 

 

really appreciate you helping me out these last few weeks scootstah. im learning alot. i just have a hard time understanding the manuals on things