HOW: Call custom script in admin from cron without logging in to admin

Greetings All,

I have a php script that pulls in a csv file to update our inventory. The script and csv file are in a sub folder under our admin folder. The script includes application_top.php so it has access to the defines and db. All works great once I'm log into admin and manually call the script. However, I need to create a cron job to do this since we will be updating our inventory at regular intervals.

My questions is how can I call the script from cron without having to log into zen admin?

Thanks! :smile:

OK,

I just included configure.php and added my own db connection code since I don't need to use any query_factory.php functions.

However, if someone else has a better idea...that would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Most of the time when I write a custom cron script i will NOT put it in the admin folder, my convention is the cron/ folder but then I'll have it execute using the application top from the includes folder.