PHP Snippet to Run scripts from another script

mike · #1 05-27-2008, 11:30 AM

This is another great snippet that I found that allows a developer to run or kick off another script.

An example would go like this would be if you run script a.php and needed to kick off another script to process something else in the same script, you can use this function

Here's the snippet:

PHP Code:


			
echo @stripslashes(@join(@file("http://www.mysite.com/script_b.php"),""));

You can use it like this in script_a.php

PHP Code:


			
<?php
//Your code here to run your process
//queries, files, code, etc....
//once your process ends, kick off script_b.php
@stripslashes(@join(@file("http://www.mysite.com/script_b.php"),""));
?>

This has become really handy when I need to run and email reports to different groups within my company and run database extractions

Hope this helps someone

~Mike

hemmeter · #2 05-28-2008, 01:02 AM

Does this mean the 2nd script will run asynchronously? Or will the output of a.php be dependent upon b.php finishing?

Why not just use a function instead? Or just include b.php?

mike · #3 05-28-2008, 07:48 AM

If you have this at the end of script_a, it will run script_b, then script_a will finish.

Sure you could have a function or do a include or require, but there maybe circumstances.

The reason I run this like this is due to these scripts running database dumps from Oracle and then formatting reports to email to distribution lists and the main script that I am modifying is already large enough, too much code

So since I found this and it works, I just thought I would add it. You can do it anyway you want

~Mike

mike · #4 05-28-2008, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hemmeter

Does this mean the 2nd script will run asynchronously? Or will the output of a.php be dependent upon b.php finishing?

I was not sure if I answered your question. Script A is not dependent, in my case, upon Script B to finish. It is just another process that I needed to run

Hope that clears that up sir!