Re: Re: How can I add records to database every 60 minutes???

yea... if no one hits the website for hours then only a few updates will occur. you could however write a very small javascript to call on a php script every hour. "Skate" <root@fatcuban.com> wrote in message news:034a01bffa3b$480e62a0$1400000a@fatcuban... > > > i take it scripts are being called over and over right? if so then add > a > > time function to one of those scripts. when gameplay starts load the time > to > > mysql (or a file) and then everytime the script is run check the time to > see > > if the time has exceeded 60 minuets, if it has run you php script to load > > the data to mysql. > > > the trouble with this is what if no-one hits the page for several hours? > will it run 3-4 updates at once, or just the one? > > i'm guessing what your actually after is cron. you'd be running it on a *nix > box for this, but you get cron to run the script every hour. > > i'm guessing your making some kind of ticker? similar to that in > www.planetarion.com ? it's a fairly easy thing to do, and if you do a search > for planetarion clones, you'll find exactly what your looking for. > > don't have a script that runs permanently tho, please. huge waste of > resources, and you've also got the problems of timeouts, and how to restart > a script if it crashes. > > >