Re: Running a certain PHP function at specified intervals!

On Linux the way to do it is to use the standalone command-line version of PHP and use a cron job. Login to any UNIX box and type: man cron to learn more. On Windows you'd need to find some sort of cron-like piece of software to do the same thing. -Rasmus On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Ramender Kishore wrote: > I had posted this question some time back fellas ... please let me know about the same. I > didn't get any kind of reply for this and the necessity is rather dire! Please let me know > about any kind of solutions for the same. > > Dear All, > > How can I make a certain php function run at SPECIFIED INTERVALS on Windows 95 / 98 / NT > machines or maybe on Linux / UNIX as well? It's something like, running a daemon or a service > but what language should I use to connect to PHP function and call it at the specified intervals? > Doesn't the web-server (APACHE) run like a daemon / service itself? So then, is there a certain > configuration setting in the config. file to specify what function we want to be run at the given > intervals? Basically, I want a PHP function to be launched at given interval without the user's > (admin's) intervention, that would perform the required checks in the database and update the > entries, corresponding to the found ones. > > Please let me know about the small piece of code as well that can help me understand it better > ... if possible! > > Thanx > > -Romi >