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Question :

Can I use php with cron on unix systems?

Answer :
Yes that's possible, how you do it depends a little on your installation.

1. If you have php installed as CGI on your system you can ex. simply do:
0 10 * * * /path/to/php /path/to/script > /dev/null

2. If you dont have php installed as CGI you can use a unix console program for fetching URLs, we reccommend lynx or wget.
Example of using lynx:
0 10 * * * lynx -dump http://fsck.dk/script.php > /dev/null
Example of using wget:
0 10 * * * wget http://fsck.dk/script.php > /dev/null

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