Cronjobs and the log

[OdieusG]

I'm curious.....is there a way to report an error code in the cronjobs? I recieve the job log, but it's all a list of entries of 0s....which means, I assume, that the script has completed successfully.....should I use the exit function with a code or something?

[garrettroyce]

Why not have the cron job create a text file with some output?

Zero error code just means that no errors (syntax, function call to function not defined, etc) happened. A function returning false and failing to meet its purpose is still error code 0.

[OdieusG]

Why not have the cron job create a text file with some output?

Zero error code just means that no errors (syntax, function call to function not defined, etc) happened. A function returning false and failing to meet its purpose is still error code 0.

The script is currently working in the MySQL database, and it's all for a standard security measure.....so no one tries to advance "the clock" for their benefit.....more for just noting if particular things happen.....

This is the per-minute log it reports.....even though I'd prefer it just append to a log or something, but would fill space immensely....

% Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0

Currently I have it typechecking for a particular code for it to run, using the GET method, so I just want it to report a code if that code is invalid or missing......

[garrettroyce]

I'm not really understanding what your script is doing, maybe you can PM me with more details if you don't want to explain it here.

[OdieusG]

I'm not really understanding what your script is doing, maybe you can PM me with more details if you don't want to explain it here.

I basics, instead of the information by default, sent by the cron-log, have it output (not display) an error code, that's specified......currently everything is nested in an IF statement, with $_GET['id'] as the criteria.......He's a section of code to show what I'm trying to implement:

if($_GET['id'] {
 $ret = "Correct Code";
} else {
$ret = "Wrong Code";
}

Now what I want is the cronjob to have the $ret variable send instead of the statistics.......

[garrettroyce]

Why don't you do something like this:

$fh = fopen('/user/name/cronlogs/'.time(), w);
if (!$fh)
     die(); // no point in continuing if file isn't created
fwrite($fh, $_GET['id']);

This function will create a file named with the current unix timestamp and write the result to the file. You have to replace /user/name/cronlogs with a path you want the logs to be in.

[OdieusG]

Why don't you do something like this:

$fh = fopen('/user/name/cronlogs/'.time(), w);
if (!$fh)
     die(); // no point in continuing if file isn't created
fwrite($fh, $_GET['id']);

This function will create a file named with the current unix timestamp and write the result to the file. You have to replace /user/name/cronlogs with a path you want the logs to be in.

I was just trying to figure how to replace the cronlogs mail with messages....it's more of a double duty-since the "cronlog stat mail" sends rather ambiguous info, for a script that's about 100 lines of code, and processes in a matter of milliseconds....and only would be unsuccessful of someone tried to use a different authorisation code to increment the information it processes

Now quite sure if you can understand what I just wrote....I've been up for 1 hour, and only 1 cup of coffee so far