Question

I need to develop a script using WordPress PHP that will run with the Plesk Scheduled task. I’ve seen a few topics with this on stackoverflow and the web, but I can’t seem to get the wordpress or script to work. I’m fairly new to this, so I need a good step-by-step guide.

Basically, I want to run a PHP Script using the command line. (what’s the command to do this?… I had “php -q /path/to/file.php” but not sure if that’s it.)

Secondly, with this script, I need to be able to use WordPress commands such as query_posts, add_post_meta, get_post_meta, etc.

I’ve seen elsewhere that I need the following at the top of the php file:

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php

$_SERVER = array(
  "HTTP_HOST" => "http://example.com",
  "SERVER_NAME" => "http://example.com",
  "REQUEST_URI" => "/",
  "REQUEST_METHOD" => "GET"
);


require_once('/wp-load.php');
require_once('/wp-blog-header.php');

Is that it, or do I need more? I assume I can place the PHP script in my root WordPress directory and run it from there?

I’ve got the entire PHP part working, and can run it if I include it in a WordPress page and simply load that page. So I know the WordPress part works.

I just need that other portion to get it working with the scheduled tasks.
Thanks in advance for all your help.

Answer 1

Yes that’s it. Actually, all you need to do is set HOST_NAME.