Execute php scripts like a function call

[ashly]

Hi,

I have to execute multiple PHP scripts conditionally from a single PHP script, that is executed by a cron. Actually i wanted to do is instead of using require or include  for each page, execute each page directly from the script like a function call.

is there any methods in PHP? if anybody have any idea, pls reply..

 

Thanks

Ashly

[fert]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

[ashly]

ok..it is nice.. thanks.. How do i use passthru() function to execute a php script?

[TRI0N]

What if you just used addrees varibles to tell the php what to execute..

 

http://address.com/execute.php?prop1=1&prop2=1

 

The using requests:

 

$prop1 = $_REQUEST('prop1') ;

$prop2 = $_REQUEST('prop2') ;

 

if ($prop1 == 1) {

YOUR ECECUTE SCRIPT HERE ;

}

 

if ($prop2 == 1) {

YOUR ECECUTE SCRIPT HERE ;

}

 

 

[ashly]

what i am looking for is to get an example of usage of passthru() function to execute a php script from another php script..

[TRI0N]

Its pretty stright forward like exec and system

 

$command1 = "/bin/users/htdocs/test1.php" ;

$command2 = "/bin/users/htdocs/test2.php" ;

 

passthru($command1, $command2);

 

Make sure you use the whole path or it will return error 127.

[ashly]

My code is like this:

 

passthru("/var/www/myhost/test.php");

 

but it doesn't workout.. any idea?

[TRI0N]

Try it without the quotes.

 

passthru(/var/www/myhost/test.php);

 

or user single quotes.

 

passthru('/var/www/myhost/test.php');

[ashly]

First one makes Parse error like:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '/', expecting ')' in /var/www/myhost/execfunctioncaller.php on line 17

 

and the second one has no output...

[play_]

If the second one isn't returning, does the script tell it to return a value?

[Jenk]

You could always try reading the manual ..

 

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.passthru.php

[TRI0N]

What is line 17 of the file being passed thru?

[ashly]

i read the manual completely..but no information there.

 

As the code there is:

 

<?
print "reached here";
?>

 

The script test.php should have to print "reached here". Is it?

[ashly]

Line number 17 is

 

passthru(/var/www/myhost/test.php);

[TRI0N]

No the error was coming from line 17 of execfunctioncaller.php...

 

If you open test.php with that print statement it will show you nothing. Thats why you see nothing.

[ashly]

now i changed the code in test.php as

 

mail('mymail@host.com', 'My Subject', 'Test message');

 

but i don't get the email.. the server is configured for mail fuction also..