Php crontab function call

Question

I have written a crontab to call a function with following syntax to run every 5 minutes,

*/5 * * * * curl http://localhost/domain/path/front_orders/recursive_pay/F0C473D9BD583

in the function, I have redirected to google with redirect('http://www.google.com');for test but it does not seem to work.Any suggestions..

What do you want? Cron job won't redirect. How can a Terminal / shell redirect to a webpage? — Raptor, Oct 14 '14 at 06:11
The `php` command runs *local PHP files*, eg. `php cron.php foo`. The `curl/wget` command runs *remote PHP files (files though the webserver)*, eg. `curl http://www.domain.com?function=foo`. — h2ooooooo, Oct 14 '14 at 06:13
Related to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5766772/using-wget-to-run-a-cronjob-php — Shadow Radiance, Oct 14 '14 at 06:19
Here is a complete explanation http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/07/php-cron-job/ — Jyothish, Oct 14 '14 at 06:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:13

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instead of redirect('http://www.google.com'); trying using this:

header('Location: http://www.google.com');

answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:13

Siniseus

That's not related. `header()` does not work in cron job either. – Raptor Oct 14 '14 at 06:36

Shadow Radiance · Answer 2 · 2014-10-14T06:26:39.237

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Use curl or wget if you want to just "ping" a url.

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null http://localhost/domain/path/front_orders/recursive_pay/F0C473D9BD583

You can also use one of

/usr/bin/wget --spider http://localhost/... (if doing a HEAD call will do)
/usr/bin/curl http://localhost/... > dev/null 2>&1

If you use

/usr/bin/wget -q http://localhost/...

I think you will end up putting a copy of the result in whatever the 'current' directory is (differs based on which user's cron is running).

edited Oct 14 '14 at 06:26

answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:13

Shadow Radiance

Note that is a capital O not a 0 in the wget -O example. – Shadow Radiance Oct 14 '14 at 06:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '14 at 06:19

If your php script can be invoked using an URL, you can lynx, or curl, or wget to setup your crontab.

*/5 * * * * lynx  http://localhost/domain/path/front_orders/recursive_pay/F0C473D9BD583.php

or

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/curl  http://localhost/domain/path/front_orders/recursive_pay/F0C473D9BD583

or

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q  http://localhost/domain/path/front_orders/recursive_pay/F0C473D9BD583

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