How Do I Run Two Php Files One After Another In Cron Jobs.

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I have two php files. I want to run that two files consecutively in 20 minutes gap one after another.can some one suggest me how can achieve that.

Posted 18-Feb-15 5:52am

IBRAHIMFARIS

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 18-Feb-15 11:54am

I wonder why... And what have you tried so far?
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IBRAHIMFARIS 18-Feb-15 12:08pm

i have two files for cron jobs.The followings files are there:
1.database backup php script
2.files backup php script
This two files are in another php file(named cron.php).
How can I make a function that runs in 20 mins . I need to run a function in a time interval that two php files are execute one after another into cron.php file

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-18T06:05:00

Solution 1

See http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?crontab+1[^].

Posted 18-Feb-15 6:05am

Richard MacCutchan

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IBRAHIMFARIS 18-Feb-15 12:19pm

Thanks for your reply.but i dont want above link concept. I need below requirements in php script to run.
i have two files for cron jobs.The followings files are there:
1.database backup php script
2.files backup php script
This two files are in another php file(named cron.php).
How can I make a function that runs in 20 mins . I need to run a function in a time interval that two php files are execute one after another into cron.php file

Richard MacCutchan 18-Feb-15 12:34pm

That is a different question. I would guess you need to use some sort of sleep function, but I am not a PHP programmer.

After reading this a couple more times it sounds as though you just want to run the two jobs in a 20 minute time slot. I don't know of any way you could guarantee that.