I have a PHP script which is typically run as part of a bigger web application. The script essentially makes some changes to a database and reports back to the web user on the status/outcome.
I have an opening section in my PHP:
require $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/security.php';
// Only level <=1 users should be able to access this page:
if ( $_SESSION['MySecurityLevel'] > 1 ) {
echo '<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">window.location = \'/index.php\'</script>';
exit();
}
So, basically, if the authenticated web user's security level is not higher than 1, then they are just redirected to the web app's index.
The script works fine like this via web browsers.
Now to my issue...
I want to also cron-job this script - but I don't know how to bypass the security check if ran from the CLI.
If I simply run it from the CLI/cron with 'php -f /path/to/report.php' and enclose the security check in a "if ( php_sapi_name() != 'cli' )", it spews out errors due to multiple uses of $_SERVER[] vars used in the script (there may be other complications but this was the first error encountered).
If I run it using CURL, then the php_sapi_name() check won't work as it's just being served by Apache.
Please can anyone offer some assistance?
Thank you! :)