Function doesnt work anymore

[adman4054]

I recently moved a program from one server to another. The new server has php 5.4, the old one 5.3.

 

I fire a cron job nightly that imports ads from an XML file into a MYSQL db. The code worked flawlessly for about three years. After moving it to the new server, it will not work UNLESS I change the date to the next day. I cant make heads, nor tails of it. So I'm wondering if the new version of PHP might have something to do with it.

 

 

If I replace the $date in the local_file string with the actual name of the file, it works and like I said if I change the date on the XML file to the next day the script runs fine.

 

Further, I know that the If (date ("1")! ! saturday...... is supposed to make the function not run on Satuday and Sunday, but now I want to run it everyday, so how would I change that?

 

Always appreciate PHP Freaks

public function import_ads()
	{
            if(date("l")!='Saturday' && date("l")!='Sunday') {
                //echo "test";die;
                $file_exists = FALSE;
                $i = 0;
                do {
                    $date = date("m-d-y", time());
                    $local_file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/ads/import/FGH'.$date.'.xml';
                    if (file_exists($local_file)) {
                        $this->load->model('Common');
                        $this->Common->delete_latest_ads();

                        $xml = simplexml_load_file($local_file);

[ginerjm]

did the default timezone change on you?

 

As for your Sat/Sun question - I'll let you ponder that solution to avoid embarrassing you in a public forum.

[adman4054]

Appreciate the response ginerjm. No the default timezone hasn't changed. As for the embarrassment, not too concerned with that. I own a software development company, but I find coding to be fascinating and trying to learn here and there with people who are gracious enough to spend the time helping people like me.

 

Thanks again.

[ginerjm]

If you don't 'need' to filter OUT the Sat.Sun. data, simply don't. As for the rest of the problem, what doesn't work? The xml file read? Something after what you have shown us?

 

Add some echo statements to ensure that what you want to be happening is really happening.

Edited June 1, 2016 by ginerjm