Re: Re: [SQL] a script that queries database periodically

From: Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 00:14:31 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: [SQL] a script that queries database periodically
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Why not just compile a PHP-CGI version and run a crontab against that? Or just run a shell script via crontab. Seems pretty simple to me, with tools already there.
Jason wrote: aolserver is a web/application server. PHP is a server-side scripting language. Why exactly *should* it have a job scheduler? Some (such as myself) might also ask why should a web server have a job scheduler, but that's a thread for a different list :)
        Because PHP is supposed to solve web development problems. And this is
one of them. It's very useful.
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