RE: [PHP] timer problem
| From: | Siddharth Hegde | Date: | Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:13:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] timer problem | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Just a little curious. Is there any other way other than cron to do
this. Is it possible to run a PHP script in an endless loop and when the
clock strikes, run another script?
- Sid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John W. Holmes [mailto:holmes072000@charter.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 9:40 PM
> To: 'Michael Gaab'; php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: RE: [PHP] timer problem
>
> > i want to automate some activities by date. on a certain date i
want
> to
> > do
> > some specific processing. the application is web based using apache.
i
> > guess
> > i would need some way of calling the program daily to see if "today
is
> the
> > day." thread/daemon? any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Use cron on *nix, or Task Scheduler if on Windows.
>
> ---John W. Holmes...
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