Triggering PHP script from Windows XP machine

[Franz Marksteiner]

Hi there ;-)

Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP machine
(with boardutils)?

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Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

[Rik Wasmus]

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:11:46 +0100, Franz Marksteiner
<fr**************@gmail.comwrote:

Chuck Anderson wrote:

>Franz Marksteiner wrote:

>>re************@googlemail.com wrote:

On Feb 4, 7:42 pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Hi there ;-)
>
Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP
machine (with boardutils)?

Boardutils is my expression for "no third party" ;-)

Just use curl from the command line.

Get the Win32 version of curl here:
http://curl.haxx.se/
or
http://curl.freemirror.de/

In Windows Task Scheduler: File -New Scheduled Task - Run:
"c:/path_to/curl.exe http://......... .php"

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is just what I was looking for.
The URL doesn`t make me feel to confident about safety, but we`ll see ;-)

Hmm, outside the previously indicated 'boardutils', but offcourse this
will work a lot easier.
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Rik Wasmus

[Franz Marksteiner]

Rik Wasmus wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:11:46 +0100, Franz Marksteiner
<fr**************@gmail.comwrote:

>Chuck Anderson wrote:

>>Franz Marksteiner wrote:
re************@googlemail.com wrote:

On Feb 4, 7:42 pm, "Franz Marksteiner"
<[e-mail]:
>
>Hi there ;-)
>>
>Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP
>machine (with boardutils)?

Boardutils is my expression for "no third party" ;-)
Just use curl from the command line.

Get the Win32 version of curl here:
http://curl.haxx.se/
or
http://curl.freemirror.de/

In Windows Task Scheduler: File -New Scheduled Task - Run:
"c:/path_to/curl.exe http://......... .php"

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is just what I was looking for.
The URL doesn`t make me feel to confident about safety, but we`ll
see ;-)

Hmm, outside the previously indicated 'boardutils', but offcourse this
will work a lot easier.

You`re right. With both points ;-)
This CMD tool is really great. Copying this to my system directory will
belong to my OS install routine from now on.

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

[Rob]

On Feb 5, 8:33*pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Rik Wasmus wrote:

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:11:46 +0100, Franz Marksteiner
<[e-mail]:

Chuck Anderson wrote:
Franz Marksteiner wrote:
[e-mail] wrote:

>>>On Feb 4, 7:42 pm, "Franz Marksteiner"
<[e-mail]:

>>>>Hi there ;-)

>>>>Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP
machine (with boardutils)?

>>Boardutils is my expression for "no third party" ;-)

>Just use curl from the command line.

>Get the Win32 version of curl here:
http://curl.haxx.se/
or
http://curl.freemirror.de/

>In Windows Task Scheduler: File -New Scheduled Task - Run:
"c:/path_to/curl.exe http://......... .php"

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is just what I was looking for.
The URL doesn`t make me feel to confident about safety, but we`ll
see ;-)

Hmm, outside the previously indicated 'boardutils', but offcourse this
will work a lot easier.

You`re right. With both points ;-)
This CMD tool is really great. Copying this to my system directory will
belong to my OS install routine from now on.

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner- Hide quoted text -

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As Rik said, copying PHP.EXE to your windows directory is the same as
copying CURL.EXE. You don't need a web server or anything else to run
PHP from the command line or Scheduler.

It has the advantage of being much more powerful than CURL.

Rob.

[Franz Marksteiner]

Rob wrote:

On Feb 5, 8:33 pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>Rik Wasmus wrote:

>>On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:11:46 +0100, Franz Marksteiner
<[e-mail]:
Chuck Anderson wrote:
Franz Marksteiner wrote:
>[e-mail] wrote:

>>>>>>On Feb 4, 7:42 pm, "Franz Marksteiner"
>><[e-mail]:

>>>>>>>Hi there ;-)

>>>>>>>Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP
>>>machine (with boardutils)?

>>>>>Boardutils is my expression for "no third party" ;-)

>>>>Just use curl from the command line.

>>>>Get the Win32 version of curl here:
http://curl.haxx.se/
or
http://curl.freemirror.de/

>>>>In Windows Task Scheduler: File -New Scheduled Task - Run:
"c:/path_to/curl.exe http://......... .php"

>>>THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is just what I was looking for.
The URL doesn`t make me feel to confident about safety, but we`ll
see ;-)

>>Hmm, outside the previously indicated 'boardutils', but offcourse
this will work a lot easier.

You`re right. With both points ;-)
This CMD tool is really great. Copying this to my system directory
will belong to my OS install routine from now on.

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

As Rik said, copying PHP.EXE to your windows directory is the same as
copying CURL.EXE. You don't need a web server or anything else to run
PHP from the command line or Scheduler.

It has the advantage of being much more powerful than CURL.

Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my systemdir, and
interprete PHP without installing anything?

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

[Betikci Boris]

On Feb 6, 12:31 pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Rob wrote:

On Feb 5, 8:33 pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Rik Wasmus wrote:
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:11:46 +0100, Franz Marksteiner
<[e-mail]:
Chuck Anderson wrote:
Franz Marksteiner wrote:
[e-mail] wrote:

>>>>>On Feb 4, 7:42 pm, "Franz Marksteiner"
><[e-mail]:

>>>>>>Hi there ;-)

>>>>>>Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP
>>machine (with boardutils)?

>>>>Boardutils is my expression for "no third party" ;-)

>>>Just use curl from the command line.

>>>Get the Win32 version of curl here:
http://curl.haxx.se/
or
http://curl.freemirror.de/

>>>In Windows Task Scheduler: File -New Scheduled Task - Run:
"c:/path_to/curl.exe http://......... .php"

>>THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is just what I was looking for.
The URL doesn`t make me feel to confident about safety, but we`ll
see ;-)

>Hmm, outside the previously indicated 'boardutils', but offcourse
this will work a lot easier.

You`re right. With both points ;-)
This CMD tool is really great. Copying this to my system directory
will belong to my OS install routine from now on.

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

As Rik said, copying PHP.EXE to your windows directory is the same as
copying CURL.EXE. You don't need a web server or anything else to run
PHP from the command line or Scheduler.

It has the advantage of being much more powerful than CURL.

Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my systemdir, and
interprete PHP without installing anything?

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

You can use it without web interface but only commandline. However you
can use an embedable web server which does not need installation =>
shttpd.sourceforge.net ;)

best regards..

[Franz Marksteiner]

Betikci Boris wrote:

>>

>>As Rik said, copying PHP.EXE to your windows directory is the same
as copying CURL.EXE. You don't need a web server or anything else
to run PHP from the command line or Scheduler.

>>It has the advantage of being much more powerful than CURL.

Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my
systemdir, and interprete PHP without installing anything?

You can use it without web interface but only commandline. However you
can use an embedable web server which does not need installation =>
shttpd.sourceforge.net ;)

Mhm, I gotta try that out. That would be way more powerful than curl.exe
indeed.
Thanks for the hints to ya`ll ;-)

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

[Rob]

On Feb 6, 10:31*am, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Rob wrote:

On Feb 5, 8:33 pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Rik Wasmus wrote:
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:11:46 +0100, Franz Marksteiner
<[e-mail]:
Chuck Anderson wrote:
Franz Marksteiner wrote:
[e-mail] wrote:

>>>>>On Feb 4, 7:42 pm, "Franz Marksteiner"
><[e-mail]:

>>>>>>Hi there ;-)

>>>>>>Is there a way to trigger a remote PHP script from a Windows XP
>>machine (with boardutils)?

>>>>Boardutils is my expression for "no third party" ;-)

>>>Just use curl from the command line.

>>>Get the Win32 version of curl here:
http://curl.haxx.se/
or
http://curl.freemirror.de/

>>>In Windows Task Scheduler: File -New Scheduled Task - Run:
"c:/path_to/curl.exe http://......... .php"

>>THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is just what I was looking for.
The URL doesn`t make me feel to confident about safety, but we`ll
see ;-)

>Hmm, outside the previously indicated 'boardutils', but offcourse
this will work a lot easier.

You`re right. With both points ;-)
This CMD tool is really great. Copying this to my system directory
will belong to my OS install routine from now on.

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

As Rik said, copying PHP.EXE to your windows directory is the same as
copying CURL.EXE. You don't need a web server or anything else to run
PHP from the command line or Scheduler.

It has the advantage of being much more powerful than CURL.

Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my systemdir, and
interprete PHP without installing anything?

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes!!

[Franz Marksteiner]

Rob wrote:

>Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my
systemdir, and interprete PHP without installing anything?

Yes!!

I gotta correct this a little:
PHP is not as comfortable as a common commandlinetool, since I`ve
experienced that it still needs lots of libs.
So just copying the EXE won`t do.

But putting the whole PHP folder under "C:\Program Files" is just as easy.
With the only difference that you now have to include the exact path, when
calling php.exe from the commandline.

But still: This offers way more possibilities to the user, and the power of
php.exe overweighs the disadvantage of providing the path to the EXE...

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

[Rob]

On Feb 6, 2:02*pm, "Franz Marksteiner" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

Rob wrote:

Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my
systemdir, and interprete PHP without installing anything?

Yes!!

I gotta correct this a little:
PHP is not as comfortable as a common commandlinetool, since I`ve
experienced that it still needs lots of libs.
So just copying the EXE won`t do.

But putting the whole PHP folder under "C:\Program Files" is just as easy.
With the only difference that you now have to include the exact path, when
calling php.exe from the commandline.

But still: This offers way more possibilities to the user, and the power of
php.exe overweighs the disadvantage of providing the path to the EXE...

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

Apologies Frank - you are correct in that if you need to use any of
the compiled libraries, e.g. GD, then you would also need the
appropriate DLL's, as well as PHP.INI of course

Rob.

[Franz Marksteiner]

AnrDaemon wrote:

Greetings, Franz Marksteiner.
In reply to Your message dated Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 17:02:13,

>>>Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my
systemdir, and interprete PHP without installing anything?

Yes!!

>I gotta correct this a little:
PHP is not as comfortable as a common commandlinetool, since I`ve
experienced that it still needs lots of libs.
So just copying the EXE won`t do.

>But putting the whole PHP folder under "C:\Program Files" is just as
easy. With the only difference that you now have to include the
exact path, when calling php.exe from the commandline.

>But still: This offers way more possibilities to the user, and the
power of php.exe overweighs the disadvantage of providing the path
to the EXE...

What the point of providing the full path if You can just run PHP
script as is? I'm using attached batch file to properly install PHP
after reinstalling Windows.

I do not want to install PHP, but can live with the ZIP version.

--
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

[AnrDaemon]

Greetings, Franz Marksteiner.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, February 11, 2008, 17:16:38,

>>>>Am I getting this right? I can just copy the php.exe to my
systemdir, and interprete PHP without installing anything?

Yes!!

>>I gotta correct this a little:
PHP is not as comfortable as a common commandlinetool, since I`ve
experienced that it still needs lots of libs.
So just copying the EXE won`t do.

>>But putting the whole PHP folder under "C:\Program Files" is just as
easy. With the only difference that you now have to include the
exact path, when calling php.exe from the commandline.

>>But still: This offers way more possibilities to the user, and the
power of php.exe overweighs the disadvantage of providing the path
to the EXE...

What the point of providing the full path if You can just run PHP
script as is? I'm using attached batch file to properly install PHP
after reinstalling Windows.

I do not want to install PHP, but can live with the ZIP version.

What You mean by "installing" PHP?
For me it is starting that batch file once. "Fire and forget" (c)
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Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <an*******@freemail.ru>