Running a PHP script completely on server side

Question

I\'m having a problem where putty gets regularly disconnected. So, when I run a PHP script from the terminal, it always gets interrupted. The script is supposed to run several h

Answer 1

You don't need to leave it run in a cron job - you can just run the php script inside a screen.

Simply type;

screen php /path/to/myphpscript.php

A screen will continue running even after you disconnect from PuTTY. If you need to check up on it, you can use;

screen -r

To re-attach yourself to this process, and view any output.