How to run a command from php files in wordpress

[trickobrien]

hello

I have uploaded a php file that will delete all authors with no posts
Will this command execute with permissions set to 644? or do i need to change permissions?

thanks

 

[mneylon]

Why don't you just do it via MySQL?

 

[trickobrien]

Ive been running a SQL command to delete users,their posts and,and all related meta data-works fine,but some people have reported -deleting users with no posts-that even though rows were deleted in DB,users still visible in admin,and running the PHP command was recommended.

Also just wanted to try it! another WP function to learn

 

[mneylon]

I'm just very wary of having scripts like that accessible via the web ..