RE: [PHP] activating php scripts via cron

[snip] I am wondering if it would be possible to activate a php script via cron periodicly. Can anybody give me a hint on that or knows a good article? [/snip] If you can run PHP from the command line, i.e. php thisscript.php it means that you have installed PHP as a standalone executable. If so you can include the following bash line in your PHP script (as the first line, just like PERL, or any other shell script); #!/path/to/php Then you can set up your CRON to call the script directly. You can compile PHP as a standalone quite easily, if you compiled it before it should only take you a few minutes. HTH! Jay "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he’ll be a mile away-and barefoot" ************************************* * Want to meet other PHP developers * * in your area? Check out: * * http://php.meetup.com/ * * No developer is an island ... * *************************************