How to schedule a task that runs php using window task scheduler?

Question

I've been trying to run a php file using window task scheduler. I've tried using the .bat file, but it won't work. Here's what I've done:

I've created a task "Download Image"
I've created a .bat file, and the content is:

"C:\xampp\php\php.exe" -f "D:\server\newxml\download.php";

The php file that I want to run is:

    ini_set('max_execution_time', 300);
    $doc = simplexml_load_file('xml_edit_feeds.xml');

    foreach ($doc->xpath("//item") as $item) {
        $name = $item->productname;
        $realname = preg_replace('/\s/', '',$name);
        $url = $item->thumbnail_url;
        $img = 'D:/server/newxml/imagethumbnail/'.$realname.'.png';
        $filename = 'D:server/newxml/imagethumbnail/'.$realname.'.png';
            file_put_contents($img, file_get_contents($url));
    }
?>

This is the screen shoot of the windows task scheduler:

Is there something wrong from what I did? Thank you for your help

you dont need the bat file, you can put that command line in scheduler — user6763587

Phil Phil · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-15T03:49:41

I didn't try this before, but I think you should use a browser exe program to open your webpage instead of php.exe.

How to schedule a task that runs php using window task scheduler?

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