ForwardTrack Scripts

Overview

There are several php scripts, meant to be run from the command-line, that can help in testing and maintaing a ForwardTrack installation.

Memory/Processing Limits

Generally speaking, if you have a PHP script to be run from the command line, you would run it as such (assuming you are already in the directory for that script):

php script.php;

However, PHP places memory and CPU-time limits on its processes, which can cause problems if running programs over lots of data. These limits can be overcome by running the PHP command line with the -c flag to specify an initialization file with new settings. For example:

php -c script.php.ini script.php;

Along with each php script we provide, there is a similarly named .ini file.

Scripts

• Simulation
  • in ft/sim/ there is a program sim.php which you can run to simulate a lot of user data in your ForwardTrack campaign. This is useful to see how the various interfaces will look once you have numerous participants
  • Run this program as such: php -c sim.php.ini sim.php;
  • Beware, this program can run a long time. I usually end up killing it with [CTRL]+C after it has done some work
• Map Data Regeneration
  • in ft/maps/ there is a program map_data.php which will regenerate the aggregate map data used in the map animations. You can generate the same data using the administrative interface, but this script is easier to put in a cron job.
  • Run this program as such: php -c map_data.php.ini map_data.php;