We now are having a "scripts" folder

scripts/worker.php

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+<?php
+use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Core\Worker;
+use Friendica\Core\Config;
+
+// Ensure that poller.php is executed from the base path of the installation
+if (!file_exists("boot.php") && (sizeof($_SERVER["argv"]) != 0)) {
+	$directory = dirname($_SERVER["argv"][0]);
+
+	if (substr($directory, 0, 1) != "/") {
+		$directory = $_SERVER["PWD"]."/".$directory;
+	}
+	$directory = realpath($directory."/..");
+
+	chdir($directory);
+}
+
+require_once "boot.php";
+require_once "include/dba.php";
+
+$a = new App(dirname(__DIR__));
+
+require_once ".htconfig.php";
+dba::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+
+Config::load();
+
+// Check the database structure and possibly fixes it
+check_db(true);
+
+// Quit when in maintenance
+if (Config::get('system', 'maintenance', true)) {
+	return;
+}
+
+$a->set_baseurl(Config::get('system', 'url'));
+
+load_hooks();
+
+$run_cron = (($_SERVER["argc"] <= 1) || ($_SERVER["argv"][1] != "no_cron"));
+Worker::processQueue($run_cron);
+
+Worker::unclaimProcess();
+
+$a->end_process();
+
+killme();
+