Re: backup strategy running php-script (cli)

[Chris Chabot <chabotc@xxxxxxxxx>]

I use quite a few php scripts for various small tasks. Usage ranges from 
stats processors (bandwidth, ftp trafic), quota/usage report generators, 
database actions (remove expired/invalid transactions) to shell tasks. 
Main reason for me to use php for it was to leverage the existing 
knowledge of the people i work with, they are experianced with php thru 
their web projects so this is a lot easier to use & modify, thus making 
it less bug-prone and easier to maintain.

Since most of these types of scripts are more in the category of 'quick 
hacks', i doubt there's a lot of migration guides.. However if you 
search freshmeat.net you'll find there's quite a few php scripts out 
there already for various tasks.

Main thing you need to keep in mind is to start the script with 
#!/usr/bin/php -Cq (Console & quiet), console disables the run time time 
out and quiet supresses the php version headers.

   -- Chris

Jochen Kächelin wrote:

> Does anybody use php-scripts instead of perl- or shell-scripts
> to some system adminstration tasks such like compressing,
> analysing logfiles, creating statistics?
>
> I hate perl although I know its very powerfull - so I deciced
> to do some tasks with php.
>
> Are there some sources describing "migration" from perl/shell
> to php?
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>
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