So I've read many guides on how to run a PHP script from task manager, using the PHP.exe and the -f flag to give it a file.
However none of these seem to allow for me to use the include function (and also reading and editing other files) in my script. The script I'm trying to run includes multiple files from our site that other pages also use as well as this to-be automated script.
Any ideas as to how I can run the PHP file from Task Scheduler (Windows Server 2012 R2 w/ IIS 7.5) whilst having includes in the script?
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I have a PHP script inside
c:users\xampp\htdocs\myapp\myphpscript.php
What I want is to make a windows service that runs this PHP script in the background.
So I searched for some questions here but they were not effective.
Is there anyone who can help me to make a windows service using nssm that executes for my script.
Create a batch file with following content and put it in windows startup ;)
start /b path-to-php-installation\php c:\users\xampp\htdocs\myapp\myphpscript.php
I have a 32 bit executable written in VB6 that uses the ADODB library, this exe is launched by a php script.
If I run the script from the command line ('php.exe /f script.php') everything works, but when the same script is launched from the web server (apache 2.4) there is an 'automation error' in the .exe file when try to create ADODB.Connection.
Local webserver on Windows 7
It is evident that the problem is not ADODB otherwise it would never work, however I spent many hours working on the Apache and php user permissions, but the evidence shows that the user running istance of php that run the script is always the current one.
At this point I have finished the ideas, if someone has some new ones, I will be grateful
I have an XML database that I want to manage independently from users on my website. Looking into the matter it appears that I should write a daemon script to manage my database. That is all fine and dandy but, I feel like I'm opening a can of worms. I wanted to write my daemon script in PHP, so I looked into PCNTL. But I quickly learned that PCNTL is not suited for web servers. So now I am stumped. How can I get a daemon to run on my server? Do I need to learn another language? I only want to write my own scripts. But I feel lost. I would prefer to write my daemon in PHP as I am familiar with the language.
I have been researching everything from PCNTL, CLI, SO questions, numerous articles on daemon processes... etc
I am running PHP 5.6.32 (cli), windows 7, on Apache. XAMPP 5.6.32. Unix system.
EDIT: I also have windows setup to run PHP from command prompt.
There's nothing wrong in running a PHP daemon, however it's not the fastest thing, especially before the 7.0 version. You can proceed in two ways:
Using Cron Jobs, if you're under Unix systems crontab will be fine, in this way you can specify the interval within the system automatically executes the specified script and then exit.
The true daemon, firstly you need to change the max_execution_time in PHP.ini to 0 (infinite), then in your daemon call for first function set_time_limit(0);, remember to run it only once. However if there is some failure like a thrown error uncatched the script will exit and you need to open it again manually, and don't try...catch in a while loop because it will probably go into an endless loop. Execute the script with php -f daemon.php.
I'm looking for some advice.
Rignt now i've got a bunch of php scripts that i've scheduled through cron. They run on my local machine doing stuff like pulling stuff out of a mysql db and sending automated emails. To run them I just have something like this in crontab: 0 7 * * 1 /usr/bin/php /phpscripts/script.php
I need to migrate all of those scripts to a Windows machine. I'm planning to use the Windows Task Scheduler to run the scripts, but how can I run the actual php scripts locally? From what I understand you need something like xampp to run the apache server? I guess what I need is a Windows equivalent of /usr/bin/php in crontab.
Installing PHP
You don't have to install xammp, you can install PHP alone, have a look ate the windows PHP installation guide:
Windows Installer (PHP 5.1.0 and earlier)
Windows Installer (PHP 5.2 and later)
Manual Installation Steps
If you prefer installing XAMP, you can run PHP script after locating the php.exe with the -f flag:
C:\Xampp\php\php.exe -f C:\Xampp\htdocs\my_script.php
Running the PHP file
After you have PHP installed, check Command Line PHP on Microsoft Windows manual for information on how to run the script. On the page there is explanation of how to make the php file executable, so you could run it as:
"C:\PHP Scripts\script" -arg1 -arg2 -arg3
Make sure you are using an administrative account to run the command. Otherwise you might have permissions problems. more info at the Introduction to using PHP on the command line
Scheduling the task
Go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks,
Right-click on an empty spot in the Scheduled Task window and select New -> Scheduled Task (Also accessible via File -> New -> Scheduled Task)
Name the new task (How about "Bill"? He looks like a Bill, doesn't he? "Mr. B. Evolution, II" It sounds so regal.)
Double-click the new task to open the properties window (or File -> Properties)
Under the Task tab, enter the same command that you used to test the script above. For instance, I would enter:
C:\PHP\php.exe "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\blogs\cron\cron_exec.php"
Go to the Schedule tab and enter when and how often the task should run. The schedule defaults to run once daily and should be fine for basic usage, but feel free to tweak as needed.
The rest of the fields can be left as-is, unless you're an ace and know what you're doing.
Click OK and we're done!
for more info have a look at setting up a window scheduled task.
Set up your task to run when you want it (times and all that)
and pop this into the command:
C:\Path\to\php.exe -f "C:\Path\to\file.php"
Edit: you can also set a second php.ini to be run used when the CLI is used to run a file, which has no constraints on max execution time and the like. Very handy difference and better suited to running (potentially) long execution scripts.
You can do this by creating a php-cgi.ini file in your PHP folder where your php.ini file resides. This will be used automatically when a PHP file is executed from the CLI (this is how scheduled tasks are run).
Also note that Windows Scheduler will simply end on an error that causes your script to fall over, so running some extra logging might be a good idea in case your scripts exit early.
I got the 140dev Twitter framework (which uses the Twitter phirehose) manually
running (via the webbrowser on my local wamp server), but I can't
figure out how to run both get_tweets.php and parse_tweets.php as a
background process like with SSH commands:
nohup php script.php > /dev/null &
Some of you started using (the Windows equivalent of) cronjobs, but
this isn't the right way to go. I think this is because of creating
multiple connection (or re-connections) to the Twitter streaming phirehose isn't allowed?
How can I run both PHP scripts (get_tweets.php and parse_tweets.php)
as a background process on my local WAMP server (and later on a VPS)?
Just to clearify:
I am using a WAMP server (first to test a little bit and later to
run it on a VPS)
Using LAMP or any *nix server/system isn't an option (due to time,
experience and lack of skills)
I have searched for solutions (on google and stackoverflow), but they are either not working or not clear enough for me (I am new to this)
Thank you in advance.
Find the php/bin folder where the php.exe is located. Copy the folder path and add it to your PATH environment variable (Follow this for instance to edit your PATH variable.
Once this is done, you'll be able to execute php in the command line from anywhere. Just start php script.php with a command line in the right folder and it should work. There might be some configuration to make so that the php in command line uses WAMP's php.ini.