Re: PHP Auto-Responder

Good suggestions. Thank you very much. -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Boonstra" <jboonstra@gospelcom.net> To: "Kevin Stone" <kevin@helpelf.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:41 AM Subject: Re: PHP Auto-Responder > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Kevin Stone wrote: > > Yes that was the obvious solution unfortunately my web host does not have > > crontab installed for users forcing me to seek other solutions. I have > > asked my web host if they can install crontab and hopefully they respond > > favorably to my request. If not then I may have a find a host just to do > > this one job which seems like kind of a waste considering we're talking > > about an infantesimal amount of bandwidth (four or five requests per hour). > > If lack of cron is the only thing holding you back, there's probably > ways around that. > > You can make your PHP script available via the web, and then set up a > home machine to request it every hour (assuming an 'always on' > connection to the net). If you have a dialup, script your machine to > dialup and request the page whenever you need to. Windows has the Task > Scheduler, Mac (non-osx) has applescript (I think), and OSX and Linux > have, well, everything. > > Otherwise, you could try an online cron service. Like: > > http://www.cronservice.com/ > > I have no idea how reliable they are, etc..., but it's likely cheaper > than hosting with a new place. > > Joel > > -- > [ joel boonstra | jboonstra@gospelcom.net ] > >