Re: cron job
| From: | CPT John W. Holmes | Date: | Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:11:43 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: cron job | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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> Is there a way to run a script (to check a table for new fields, or to
> check time..etc) evrey few hours, without using programes souch as
> crontab.
In addition to what others have said, you don't _have_ to set up the cron
job (or any scheduled job) on the same computer as your scripts. If you have
a Cable/DSL connection, you could set up a cron job on your own computer to
connect to http://www.yourdomain.com/cron.php and
run it when you need it.
If you have windows, you can even do the same thing with Task Scheduler.
Yeah, it makes things a little more difficult, but it's doable.
---John Holmes...