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PHP files that run in a.bat file using php.exe

Asked by: Mathiau

as part if my migration of items to a new server.

Our past coder used *.php files run with in a bat file to process data, he said he did it this way as some of the "scripts" were very large and if run in a browser, it would always time out.

the bat file method works fine, on apache 2 and php 4 using php.exe file on the old server

now i am moving items to a new server, using apache 2.2 and php5 but using the ISAPI.dll method.

i was curious as to how can i run these bat files still, and can they be run using the isapi module, or do i have to also somehow enable the php cgi (php.exe) file to be able to run also ?

When i try to run the bat file under the new settings like


c:\php5\php.exe c:\scripts\tournamentupdater.php
or trying
c:\php5\php-cgi.exe c:\scripts\tournamentupdater.php

a dos window opens and just scrolls down all of the text and the end doing nothing, as if the bat file just reads the codes text and that is it


Any help is appreciated

example if what one bat file looks like:
 
 
c:\php\php.exe c:\scripts\tournamentupdater.php
c:\php\php.exe c:\scripts\totalupdate2.php
c:\php\php.exe c:\scripts\dailyreport.php
c:\php\php.exe c:\scripts\limiter2005.php
c:\php\php.exe c:\scripts\clickftpv2.php
 
 
So the bat file runs each "script" as when one is done it goes onto the next automatically.
                                  
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2008-11-20 at 14:08:51ID23923348
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Answers

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2008-11-20 at 14:15:53ID: 23008897

okay, well i had forgotten to change the tags from <? to <?php

i just did that, how ever i am told this


but the directory does and exist and the file IS in there.....


if i comment that line that writes tothe HTML file, the script seems to run okay.....

PHP warning: fopen <html/testing.html>: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in d:\scripts\testing.php on line 14

                                              
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by: jausionsPosted on 2008-11-20 at 15:46:29ID: 23009526

Try to use absolute path in your fopen() instead of relative path.

 

by: ciprian_dimoftePosted on 2008-11-21 at 01:00:45ID: 23011286

use php-gtk2 for php programs that you wish to process large amounts of data. and then use a bat to exe converter. they'll run as processes. Gtk::main(); is a never ending loop until you kill the process. Real neat stuff. Go here please: www.kksou.com

 

by: ciprian_dimoftePosted on 2008-11-21 at 01:01:51ID: 23011289

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2008-11-25 at 09:38:54ID: 23036323

appreciated, will chyeck this out and test it today :)

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2008-12-01 at 10:54:11ID: 23071260

question, is there any benefit running an exe vs a bat file? beside someone cant simply modify it's contents?

i am going to get around to testing the suggestion above tomorrow, has been a very busy week!

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2008-12-01 at 11:06:45ID: 23071366

tried quick and seem absolute path worked


originally had  /HTML/file.html

changed it to

D:\scripts\HTML\file.html


and the bat file ran through okay it seems, tomorrow will be my big test

 

by: jausionsPosted on 2008-12-17 at 11:56:53ID: 23197317

Hi Mathiau,

I'm glad my solution helped you resolve your issue.

Cheers,

 -Philippe

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2009-01-02 at 09:09:02ID: 23280771

well now i am getting some general MySQL errors on some file, one or 2 seems to work but others done, will try to get some more info posted today about it

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2009-01-02 at 09:09:22ID: 23280774

wow i cant type today!

done = dont  :)

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2009-03-30 at 13:22:17ID: 24022919

i havent had any luck with anything i have tried, so for now this project is going on hold for some more important issues,.

 

by: MathiauPosted on 2009-03-30 at 13:30:41ID: 31518923

i need to provide more info to dig deeper into the problem.

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