Only execute a script using CRON

PHP
1

Hello,

I’ve got to put together a script which is executed on a weekly basis (CRON) but I was wondering whether it’s possible to only execute it from CRON rather than from the browser.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Jon

2

AFAIK, nothing to worry about the path. Wherever you put the file but outside of the document root (htdocs) and give that path in the cron setting in plesk.

3

move your file out from public_html

4

Or that. :stuck_out_tongue:

5

If you put the script file outside the document root, then it will never be possible to execute from browser.

6

Sure.


<?php
define('IS_CRON_INVOKED', true);
include 'script.php';
?>



<?php
if(false === defined('IS_CRON_INKOVED')){
    exit;
}
//rest of script.php
?>
7

Sounds like a good plan, any idea what file path I would use in Plesk for the command?

Cheers,

Jon

8

i don’t know how to do it in plesk. i have been using cpanel since years