Question

I am trying to run different scripts depending on what date it is, but im not 100% sure on how to go about it, basically what I am trying to do is :
A cron script runs every day and calls a php file on the server, in the php file I need to put something like :

run everyday.php every day

run everymonday.php every Monday

run firstmondayofthemonth.php on the first Monday of each month

so I need to check when the date is equal to each of the 3 and run that script then, but im not sure what command in php is best for this ?.

Answer 1

Well, if you have to do it with php (alternative would be to just create 3 cronjobs and configure cron) then this might give you an idea:

$weekday = date('D');
$dayOfMonth = date('d');
run everyday.php;
if ($weekday == 'Mon')
{
  run everymonday.php
  if ($dayOfMonth <=7)
    run firstmondayofthemonth.php;
}

You need to adapt the code of course, for example replacing the run-thing by something that suits your environment. Could be include, execute or an http request,…