Trying to setup cronjob auto-browser or run scripts in Python or PHP

The situation was I wanted to set up cronjob for webserver on Ubuntu,

the php / python script file would be several sql function, then run automatically update multiple tables.

but after few research, I found:

• Ubuntu contain at least 3 PHP
• 1, apache2 PHP
• 2, client PHP
• 3, cgi PHP ( which I'm not fully understand )
• with some dig: what-is-difference-between-php-cli-and-php-cgi(still don't, just knowing different)

First I try running scripts.php on Ubuntu terminal such as

$ crontab -e
$ * * * * */usr/bin/php8.0 /var/www/myproject/scripts.php

but Ubuntu terminal return could not find driver, tried re-install pdo-mysql in above PHP just still there;

• I'm afraid admin blocked user scripts / cli-php might be security concern;
• also tried which php to locate executable php, and used /usr/bin/php ;
• how-to-get-path-of-the-php-binary-on-server-where-it-is-located
• php-root-directory

Currently running directly open the URL with browser.

$crontab -e
$* * * * * export DISPLAY=:0 && firefox https://localhost/project/cron/scripts.php

#!/bin/bash

# Set maximum amount of remaining firefox processes here
MAX_PROC=2

let COUNT=$(pgrep firefox | wc -l)
for (( i=1; i<=COUNT-MAX_PROC; i++ ))
do
  PID=$(pgrep -o firefox)
  kill $PID
# sleep 3
done

terminal pkill work like charm

30 0 * * * pkill -f firefox.sh

after few test even the blank page the scripts still work but blank;

• some of the answers saying turn off hardware accelerate
• or go to about:config and disable marionette which I CAN'T;
• remove_the_remote_control_robot_with_red_and_grey/

After some work still need some help:

• How to upgrade pdo_mysql in cli-php without modified apache-php;
• What would be the proper way to disable Browser is under remote;

Welcome any suggestion, Thanks for any help. both Python / PHP acceptable!

Why would there be a browser opened when you're using wget in cron?

For the scheduled task with a local PHP file, this is generally the easier option:

* * * * * /usr/bin/wget --no-check-certificate -q "https://localhost/project/cron/scripts.php" -O /root/output.txt

No browser will open for this, and the SSL certificate will not be checked for validation (as it's a local site, so it's probably trusted).