can php open webpages for you?

MossyUK · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:37

I have a script that I would like to run every 12 hours or so using a cron job. Thats no problem, its already running fine generating perfectly good results. I would like to add to the script some way of opening 4 different URL's after the current script has run so that I can automatically remake my web page entirely.

I presume the fopen("http://mysite.com/page.php"); would merely open the url as and think of it as text, rather than actively processing the scripts contents?

Im guessing now its going to be another 4 cron jobs required, though I have to submit tickets for the engineers to set this up, which is why ideally I would rather have full control using a script.

Any help? :confused:

Beansprout · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:46

Are these local or remote scripts?

MossyUK · 26 Jul 2006 at 22:47

they are all on the same web server, all in the same directory infact.

Dj_Jestar · 27 Jul 2006 at 01:23

cURL

however.. this is a 'sloppy' process. You should implement a bash script or similar that you can run immediately from cron to perform all that is required.

robmiller · 27 Jul 2006 at 01:53

Unless you're doing anything that you really need PHP for, just get your cron job to wget the URL, headers only.

Code:

wget --spider http://example.com/script.php