Lynx and Cron

nero120 · 4 Dec 2006 at 15:01

I have a cron job that runs a php script every hour by accessing it with lynx. It works fine, but the major downside is that it registers as a hit on my webstats and so totally skews the actual hit stats for my website.

Does anyone know of a better way of running a php with cron that doesnt have this disadvantage?

Thanks!

Adz · 4 Dec 2006 at 15:07

Yes. Use the PHP CLI:

/usr/bin/php /home/you/script.php

Augmented · 4 Dec 2006 at 15:07

Using php(-cli) from the command line e.g.

Code:

php scriptname.php

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php

/ach... beaten

nero120 · 4 Dec 2006 at 19:09

Thanks guys thats cool.