运行来自cron作业的包含javascript的php文件

Question

I tried many online methods people have suggested and still not reached a solution

i need to run a php file that contain javascript from cronjob

For now, I can not do it through PHP

If anyone has an idea I'd love to read

Answer 1

You will probably have to trigger it through a browser. Get a computer to open the URL via the cron tab (or some other timed device... I know you can do it through Automator/AppleScript on a Mac).

Answer 2

How I do it: I split the job in to tasks.

Task 1: Execute Javascript

Javascript would require a browser to run. In this respect you can try casperjs/phantomjs. You can create aa cronjob for this easily. Please check: Running a casper.js script from cron

Task 2: Deliver results to PHP

I assume that you take the results of the JS and use it in the PHP. So JSON can do the job. At the end of the first task output to a file. In this task, read it using file_get_contents.

Task 3: PHP Cron

It is obvious :)

Sure that there are better, easier and simpler solutions. I am a newbie also here, but this method all my problems for a similar work.