Question

I know I can set up a cron for each of the individual PHP files, but is there a way for a cron to run one PHP file that calls a list of files in a specific order. For example, It should only call the second file if the first file has completed.

Answer 1

Try using php’s system function.

You can find the doc here : http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

And you can use the return_value parameter and compare it against FALSE to check for failure

You can also use shell_exec (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php) which has almost the same effect