Re: Pager function

From the perspective of a guy who knows PHP a lot better than Perl, I think PHP is fine for this task. I use PHP for cron stuff all the time, and for a simple case where you are looking for a file or a timestamp on a file, that shouldn't even be noticeable from a memory/cpu standpoint, unless I'm mistaken. Just my two cents. Since I've been using PHP for such routine tasks, my Perl and Unix Shell books have collected a lot of dust and I've seen a lot more of my wife and kids. ;-) Hans On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Chris Adams wrote: > > Thanks! What I have is a need to be paged if a file doesn't arrive in a > > timely manner. I've already gotten alphanumeric paging up using a <FORM > > ACTION=pager.html>, but I'm {mystified|stupefied} as to the mechanics of > > sending the page without the "Submit" button to kick it off to the pager > > company. The email gateway sounds like a plan. > > PHP's probably not the best choice for that. I'd just have a little Perl > script run from cron that looks for the file; if a given amount of time has > passed since the last time it was changed, it sends an email. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > Hans Anderson ~ me@hansanderson.com PO Box 426, Missoula, MT 59806 | PHP, Search Engines, SQL (800)397-9116 / (406)549-6524 | Databases, Flash Multimedia, http://www.hansanderson.com | Killer Audio Production, http://www.goofiness.com | Minty Fresh Breath.