Invoking a PHP script from a MySQL trigger

Question

Is there any way how to invoke a PHP page / function when a record is inserted to a MySQL database table? We don\'t have control over the record insertion procedure. Is ther

Answer 1

I found this:

http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?99,170973,257815#msg-257815

DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER tg1 AFTER INSERT ON `test`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
\! echo "php /foo.php" >> /tmp/yourlog.txt
END $$
DELIMITER ;