running a php script with no screen output

[martindell]

I run a database import script once a day that takes ages to run and at the moment I use a cron job to get it started. The main advantage of cron is that I can use '/dev/null 2>&1' at the end of the job to run the script without any output to a terminal. The disadvantage of using cron in this way is that I have to wait for the job to run at that particular time. And now to the question ...

Is there a way to kick off a php script and specify something similar to '/dev/null 2>&1' so that I can run the job now and not get any screen output?

OR

Is there a way to run a php script to specify and run a cron job now?

Does that make any sense to anyone?

[mykel79]

You're talking about running a script through the command line, like
php scriptname.php

?

If so, you can use the -q option (quiet mode).
php -q scriptname.php

[martindell]

thanks, I've been told that's the correct answer but that I've asked the wrong question! Here's a better one

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