Tuesday, July 16, 2013

2 days cron configuration

To run a cron job every 48 hours (i.e. every two days) try the following command:
Minute Hour Day Month Weekday
0 0 */2 * *

Send an HTML email

Send an HTML email:

<?php
$to = "somebody@example.com, somebodyelse@example.com";
$subject = "HTML email";

$message = "
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML email</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This email contains HTML Tags!</p>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
";

// Always set content-type when sending HTML email
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";

// More headers
$headers .= 'From: <webmaster@example.com>' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Cc: myboss@example.com' . "\r\n";

mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>  

Friday, July 12, 2013

Crontab examples

Crontab examples

Writing a crontab file can be a somewhat confusing for first time users, therefore I have listed below some crontab examples:
* * * * * <command> #Runs every minute
30 * * * * <command> #Runs at 30 minutes past the hour
45 6 * * * <command> #Runs at 6:45 am every day
45 18 * * * <command> #Runs at 6:45 pm every day
00 1 * * 0 <command> #Runs at 1:00 am every Sunday
00 1 * * 7 <command> #Runs at 1:00 am every Sunday
00 1 * * Sun <command> #Runs at 1:00 am every Sunday
30 8 1 * * <command> #Runs at 8:30 am on the first day of every month
00 0-23/2 02 07 * <command> #Runs every other hour on the 2nd of July


As well as the above there are also special strings that can be used:

@reboot <command> #Runs at boot
@yearly <command> #Runs once a year [0 0 1 1 *]
@annually <command> #Runs once a year [0 0 1 1 *]
@monthly <command> #Runs once a month [0 0 1 * *]
@weekly <command> #Runs once a week [0 0 * * 0]
@daily <command> #Runs once a day [0 0 * * *]
@midnight <command> #Runs once a day [0 0 * * *]
@hourly <command> #Runs once an hour [0 * * * *]

Crontab syntax

Crontab syntax

A crontab file has six fields for specifying minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week and the command to be run at that interval. See below:

*     *     *     *     *  command to be executed
-     -     -     -     -
|     |     |     |     |
|     |     |     |     +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
|     |     |     +------- month (1 - 12)
|     |     +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
|     +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)

How to set-up a crontab file

How to set-up a crontab file?


Crontab syntax

A crontab file has six fields for specifying minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week and the command to be run at that interval. See below:
*     *     *     *     *  command to be executed
-     -     -     -     -
|     |     |     |     |
|     |     |     |     +----- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0)
|     |     |     +------- month (1 - 12)
|     |     +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
|     +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)

Crontab examples

Writing a crontab file can be a somewhat confusing for first time users, therefore I have listed below some crontab examples:
* * * * * <command> #Runs every minute
30 * * * * <command> #Runs at 30 minutes past the hour
45 6 * * * <command> #Runs at 6:45 am every day
45 18 * * * <command> #Runs at 6:45 pm every day
00 1 * * 0 <command> #Runs at 1:00 am every Sunday
00 1 * * 7 <command> #Runs at 1:00 am every Sunday
00 1 * * Sun <command> #Runs at 1:00 am every Sunday
30 8 1 * * <command> #Runs at 8:30 am on the first day of every month
00 0-23/2 02 07 * <command> #Runs every other hour on the 2nd of July
As well as the above there are also special strings that can be used:
@reboot <command> #Runs at boot
@yearly <command> #Runs once a year [0 0 1 1 *]
@annually <command> #Runs once a year [0 0 1 1 *]
@monthly <command> #Runs once a month [0 0 1 * *]
@weekly <command> #Runs once a week [0 0 * * 0]
@daily <command> #Runs once a day [0 0 * * *]
@midnight <command> #Runs once a day [0 0 * * *]
@hourly <command> #Runs once an hour [0 * * * *]

change the default crontab editor


Change the default crontab editor .

env EDITOR=nano crontab -e

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

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why we use php?

Why we use php?

1. Open Source
2. Easy
3. Web Scripting
4. Easily Integrated with html and javascript
5. Lot of frameworks
6. Lot of CMS (Content Management Systems)
7. More Jobs