Chapter 16 Command-Line PHP Utilities IN THIS CHAPTER (Web hosting providers)
Chapter 16 Command-Line PHP Utilities IN THIS CHAPTER . Writing command-line PHP utilities . How to create a cron-based reminder . How to develop a geographic location query tool for IP . Developing a spam-busting utility for POP3 mailboxes . How to develop a hard disk monitoring tool . Creating a CPU load monitoring tool PHP STARTED OUT AS A SIMPLE Web scripting tool written in Perl and later became the most popular Web application development language. Because of its strong ties with the Web, it has lagged behind as an all-purpose programming language. Especially for command-line users, PHP is considered a newcomer, because not many command-line PHP utilities are floating around on the Internet just yet. In this chapter, you develop a few command-line utilities to get you started in command-line PHP development. Most of the scripts discussed here might not work on a Windows platform. They have been tested on the Linux platform only.