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Re: Cronjob Apache module v CGI [message #170616 is a reply to message #170613] Wed, 10 November 2010 13:38 Go to previous message
Matthew Leonhardt is currently offline  Matthew Leonhardt
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"+mrcakey" <webmaster(at)listyblue(dot)com> wrote in message
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> I seem to remember strong opinions were expressed (possibly by Jerry
> Stuckle) over which was best for running cronobs and I think at the time I
> nodded and thought they were very valid points. I think CGI was the way to
> go?

Methinks you're confusing CGI (Common Gateway Interface) with CLI (Command
Line Interface).

> I'm about to build a script to query the sessions database and clean up
> reserved items that the customer didn't follow through on.
>
> I currently have PHP running as an Apache module and I'm not as
> comfortable as I'd like to be in Linux so would like to avoid fiddling if
> the security implications are not overwhelmingly pro-CGI.

Running CLI scripts is entirely independant of apache. Why would you need
to involve a web server in a background script?

> As a side, and this will undoubtedly reveal the level of my Linux/Apache
> ignorance, is it possible to have PHP bound into Apache for the customer
> facing/HTTP side of things and also create a CGI interface for the
> cronjobs?

I suppose it's possible, but I can't think of a good reason to do it. Try
the following at the command line:

which php

Should tell you if you have a php CLI binary installed. It's usually in
/usr/bin/php or /usr/local/bin/php, depending on your installation.

then, you can run any of your scripts like so:

php scriptName.php arg1 arg2
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