Execute a PHP script from another PHP script

Question

How would I make my server run a php script by triggering it manually using php? Basically I have a pretty big cronjob file that is ran every 2 hours, but I want to be able

Answer 1

I think this is what you are looking for

<?php include ('Scripts/Php/connection.php');
//The connection.php script is executed inside the current file ?>

The script file can also be in a .txt format, it should still work, it does for me

e.g.

<?php include ('Scripts/Php/connection.txt');
//The connection.txt script is executed inside the current file ?>

Answer 2

The OP refined his question to how a php script is called from a script. The php statement 'require' is good for dependancy as the script will stop if required script is not found.

#!/usr/bin/php
<?
require '/relative/path/to/someotherscript.php';

/* The above script runs as though executed from within this one. */

printf ("Hello world!\n");

?>

Answer 3

<?php
$output = file_get_contents('http://host/path/another.php?param=value ');
echo $output;
?>

Answer 4

Possible and easiest one-line solution is to use:

file_get_contents("YOUR_REQUESTED_FILE");

Or equivavelt for example CURL.

Answer 5

I prefer to use

require_once('phpfile.php');

lots of options out there for you. and a good way to keep things clean.