Re: Running a PHP script everyday

In my pevious hunt through cron I didn't even notice the PHP CLI. So I will be figuring that out today probably. My server runs on Linux. Not sure which distro though. I'll have to ask. My script will be getting e-mail addresses from my SQL db and sending them a pic of the day. I got the HTML MimeMail 2.5.1 to work perfectly, now I just need to figure out how to make it run without me doing anything. Thanks! Andrew Darrow Kronos1 Productions www.pudlz.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Kaufman" <jmk@kaufman.eden-prairie.mn.us> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 10:07 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Running a PHP script everyday > On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 09:17:20AM -0700, sub@pudlz.com wrote: > > I have a PHP script that I need to run once a day. I have it currently > > setup so that I just run it from my cell phone, but I would prefer something > > automated. I'd looked into a cron job, but that just looks like it's for > > doing linux command line stuff on my host. > > > > I also thought about writing a never ending while loop with an if statement > > that checks to see if it's time to run the script, then when it is time, it > > runs. Then checks to see if it's time again. > > > > But even assuming I could get it working, do I really want to have a PHP > > script that runs all the time. This could be bad if it ate up all the CPU on > > my server. I'm not even sure I have access rights to kill the process once I > > start it. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Andrew Darrow > > Kronos1 Productions > > www.pudlz.com > > > > You don't state what OS you are using, but you certainly can use cron under > Linux to run a PHP script. What really matters is what does the PHP script do? > For example, I have a PHP script that I run periodically that retrieves data > from a database and updates a text file on the disk. What does your script do? > > -- > Jim Kaufman > Linux Evangelist > public key 0x6D802619 > CCNA, CISSP# 65668 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 > >