How to run a php url with parameters in cron tab [duplicate]

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How to run a php script in cron

I have a php script that is set to run in cron.I want to run the url with passing one parameter. I tried to pass parameters as query string and put in crontab it didn't work. How to run a url with parameters using cron?

php /var/www/prod/Reports/report.php?email=sample@sample.com

Answer 1

Ideally running PHP in command line interface (CLI) you would use $argv and $argc globals to pass parameters to the script.

Example: my_php_script.php

 <?
    var_dump($argv);


    php my_php_script.php arg1 arg2


array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(17) "my_php_script.php"
  [1]=>
  string(4) "arg1"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "arg2"
}

Hari

Answer 2

Show us your crontab (or at least the row with the PHP script). If you perform it like:

php script.php?param1=123

The above will not work. Instead do it like this:

wget http://localhost/script.php?param1=123&param2=345 -o /dev/null

Then it should work. If not, give more details.

Keep in mind, that the suggestion is JUST AN EXAMPLE. This would imply you have a running web server, that is configured to run PHP files, etc.

Answer 3

Use the global $argv to get command line parameters.