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alditis
alditis

Reputation: 4827

Crontab: PHP Wget or Curl

I have a question about what command to use to run a PHP script from Crontab.

Which of these alternatives would be the most appropriate to use.

* * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/project/cron.php
* * * * * /usr/bin/curl --silent --compressed http://localhost/project/cron.php
* * * * * /usr/bin/wget http://localhost/project/cron.php

I hope not to bother with my question. Thanks.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 7907

Answers (2)

datasage
datasage

Reputation: 19573

Use the first option. When you are running scripts via console, running them directly is always a better idea. Running it via web server can introduce unexpected problems with reliability.

Upvotes: 0

alex
alex

Reputation: 490597

If it's a PHP script you want to run, in a CLI environment, I'd definitely use php.

If you want to run the PHP script in a server environment, use either wget or curl, but I'd argue that a process task like this should be executed on the CLI.

Upvotes: 2

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