Hi.

I am writing a shell script for Ubuntu linux.

Eventually I want my script to run every 10 mins via cron.

This is what I am trying to do:

php file:
connect to mysql database
get the last row input
check date against previously saved date (on last run)
if date>previous
return true
else
return false

Basically if a new row is inserted return true else return false


Shell script:
Run php file and get response <<<<<
if true
run some code
else
exit


How do I run a PHP file and get the response of true or false in the shell script?

Thanks.