ro*********@googlemail.com wrote:
So I wrote a script to run via crontab but when it tries to check
whether a file exists like below:
if (!file_exists("settings.ini"))
return false;
it checks whether the file exists in $HOME not in /home/user/files/
scripts/ where the original file is been executed from:
00 20 * * 1 /usr/local/bin/php /home/user/files/scripts/check.php /
dev/null 2>&1
Why is that?
Because you use the CLI, not the (web)server variant? The current
working directory is the directory from which /usr/local/bin/php is invoked.
So, for instance on the `doze box here:
-- C:\cwd.php ---
echo getcwd();
--------------
C:\>"C:\PHP\php.exe" "C:\cwd.php"
C:\
C:\>cd FOO
C:\FOO>"C:\PHP\php.exe" "C:\cwd.php"
C:\FOO
If it's terribly important that the working directory is the same as
where your file resides you can add something like this to it:
chdir(dirname(__FILE__));
HTH,
--
Rik Wasmus
Estimated date being able to walk again: 01-05-2007.
Less then a week, hurray!