PHP Cron job process with marker in URL - php

Question

I want to process a script every minute using a cron on my server but I need to pass a variable in the URL or some other way. I have researched this and I've seen solutions using arguments in the cron but I don't think that works with what I'm doing.
Here is what I am trying to do:
script.php (runs every minute)
<?php
$marker = $_GET['marker'];
$accountObj = new etAccounts($consumer);
$request_params = new TransactionHistoryRequest();
$request_params->__set('count', 50); //how many will be shown
if($marker_get != ''){
$request_params->__set('marker', $marker_get); //starting point ex. 14293200140265
}
$json = $accountObj->GetTransactionHistory($account, $request_obj, $request_params );
echo $json; //shows most recent 50 transactions starting from marker value
//process json data here...
//included in json is a marker variable that will be used to return the next 50 json results
//after data is processed reload the page with marker in URL
header('Location: script.php?marker=14293200140265');
?>
I understand that cron is CLI on the server side and that it can't process redirections or header locations but how is this possible. I saw someone mention using CURL, how might this work? Example?

Answer 1

Simple example to send post variables to an url:
$fields = array(
'id' => $id,
'mail' => $mail,
);
$url = "yourdomain.com";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Answer 2

Based on the comments, you don't need to redirect or use query variables.
You could use a loop that runs while your marker variable is not empty:
$your_marker_variable = '';
do {
$accountObj = new etAccounts($consumer);
$request_params = new TransactionHistoryRequest();
$request_params->__set('count', 50); //how many will be shown
if($marker_get != '') {
$request_params->__set('marker', $marker_get); //starting point ex. 14293200140265
}
$json = $accountObj->GetTransactionHistory($account, $request_obj, $request_params );
echo $json; //shows most recent 50 transactions starting from marker value
//process json data here...
//included in json is a marker variable that will be used to return the next 50 json results
// set the new value of $your_marker_variable
$your_marker_variable = ...
} while (!empty($your_marker_variable));
Note that the undefined and unused variables in the script you posted, make it hard to see what variable is used for what, so you would need to adapt this a bit.