How to run code with no open page in PHP

Question

I have a PHP code that uses FSOCKOPEN to check the port of a server, and depending on the answer it logs in log... But for this the page has to always stay open, I would like to know if there is any way for me to leave this running automatically on the server without user interface...

Today for it to work I leave an HTML tag updating the page every 10 seconds... But as I said, to run the page always has to be open!

Answer 1

If using Linux, can be using the crontab:

*/12 * * * *  /usr/bin/php -c /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini /var/www/html/seu_php.php

Where:

• 12 = 60 seconds / 5 seconds (every 5 seconds)
• /usr/bin/php = path to your PHP executable
• /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini = path to your php.ini file (PHP configuration)
• /var/www/html/seu_php.php = Full path of the PHP script you want to run

If using Windows, put in the task scheduler:

c:\WAMP\php\bin\php.exe -c c:\WAMP\php\php.ini c:\WAMP\www\seu_php.php

Where:

• c: WAMP php bin php.exe = path of your PHP executable
• c: WAMP php.ini = path to your php.ini file (PHP configuration)
• c: WAMP www seu_php.php = Full path of the PHP script you want to run

Answer 2

Dear friends, I managed to solve the problem by following the step by step described in the following article: Source: Run PHP script in Windows task scheduler

• Type in cmd taskschd.msc and click on basic task:

• Type and title and next:

• Select daily:

• Schedule for when you want to start and the number of break days (if want daily leave 1):

• Select Start Program:

• Add the php program and in the arguments add the script path php:

• Click Finish.