running PHP with a cron?

[Admin]

is there anything special i need to do to run a PHP script from a cronjob?

i want to run my script every 2 hours to update some info...

thanks

[sde]

i've done it before, .. you have to make your script something like this:

#!/path/to/php
<?
echo "my php script";
?>

[SHELL]# chmod u+x script.php[/SHELL]
edit cron "crontab -e"
[SHELL]* */2 * * * /path/to/script.php[/SHELL]

disclaimer: this is all just theory .. haven't done it in a while =)

[Admin]

how do you get a CGI script to run inside a PHP script?

[Admin]

ignore this thread.

im doing something different.

[sde]

<?
exec("/path/to/perl/script.cgi");
?>