PHP, the "at" command and the exec() function.

[mikemike27]

Hi. I'm quite new to the idea of writing PHP on the linux/putty/whatever you want to call it.

 

I've written a script in a .php file that creates a .txt file and puts it on the server.

 

Now I need to write a command in the same .php file that will run that .txt file at a particular time and date. I'm not sure which function to use for that. exec(), system(), something else?

 

Here's what I have so far;

$myFile = /var/www/html/byot/author/job108.txt;
$time = 09:30;
$year = 12;
$month = 06;
$day = 26;
$command = `at $time $day.$month.$year -f $myFile`;

exec(--user=something --password=something, $command);

 

I thought something like this would work, it doesn't. What am I missing? Apart from a brain!