PHP + JavaScript + Cron

Question

I am attempting to get data from MySQL and render it using Google charts via Javascript, get a base64 encoded image that i AJAX post to anotehr PHP script to save. This works fine.

My problem is I need this to run as a cron job to generate the chart once per week. When the cron runs the JS does not execute because it is not in the browser. I need a suggestion on how to handle this issue.

Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1768717/non-browser-emulation-of-javascript-is-it-possible — Kevin_Kinsey, Nov 08 '17 at 19:27

E_p · Answer 1 · 2017-11-08T19:32:04.250

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There few options:

Use this extension http://php.net/manual/en/v8js.examples.php and run js code in PHP.
Use some tool that runs a headless browser that does a request to PHP server. Pick one from the list https://github.com/dhamaniasad/HeadlessBrowsers. Use cron to run that tool

edited Nov 08 '17 at 19:32

answered Nov 08 '17 at 19:29

E_p

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Is phantomjs maintained these days? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/phantomjs/9aI5d-LDuNE – zerkms Nov 08 '17 at 19:30
@zerkms That was just an example of a tool. Updated answer. – E_p Nov 08 '17 at 19:31

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