Run Cron Job on PHP Script, on localhost in Windows
cron, localhost, php, wamp, windows
Solution
recently I had sort of problems to run a cron job on a php script on localhost (WAMP server) in windows 7, when I was on a test to chronically fetch some links from www out there.
By the way I am sharing this for anyone that is on the same thing.
You will need a shellscript to run chronically, using Windows Task Scheduler. Also you will need a batch script (script.bat) to call the php.exe and run your php script (here called as `my_process.php`)
shellscript.vbs
Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & "C:\path\to\script\script.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WinScriptHost = Nothing
script.bat
"C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.12\php.exe" -f "C:\wamp\www\website\my_process.php"
Now, we are ready to set the Windows Task Scheduler to run shellscript.vbs at the required time interval:
- Open Task Scheduler from windows Start menu
- Go to Action menu and hit Create Task...
- in General tab, fill the Name and Description fields as you want
- in Triggers tab, hit New button.
- from Begin the Task dropdown, select On a schedule and choose Daily
- from Advanced settings section, select Repeat task every as you want and set for a duration on Indefinitely.
- on Actions tab, from Action dropdown, select Start a program.
- on the Program\script box, enter path to shellscript.vbs like C:\path\to\shellscript.vbs.
- leave Add argumentts (optional) section empty.
- in Start in (optional) box, enter parent directory of shellscript.vbs like `C:\path\to\`.
- Hit upvote on this tutorial :) Have fun.
Problem
I have a php script and want to run it on an schedule. I am using local web server on windows (WAMP server) and need a way to run `my_script.php` every 10 min. How to run a cron job on a PHP script, on localhost in windows?