Re: Automated tasks with PHP
| From: | Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams | Date: | Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:35:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Automated tasks with PHP | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, rodrigo wrote:
> I would like to, say, run a backup script done in PHP (of course) that
> executes itself periodically. For example, every night at midnight I
> would like it to run itself and make a backup of the entire database and
> mail the compressed files to a certain email adddress.
>
> Is this possible?
>
It is possible using the CGI version (standalone executable).
However, I have to ask if you've looked at doing it using other
languages. I realize that this is the PHP mailing list, but while I've
found that PHP is excellent for Web development, there are better tools
for other tasks.
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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>