Re: Schedule tasks from server

On Feb 4, 2008 11:05 AM, Richard Heyes <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote: > >> > your code should be portable > >> > >> Except in reality, it probably isn't. Off the top of my head, think file > >> paths. > > > > Which is why I mentioned the exec() family. Otherwise, relative > > paths for includes will work regardless of the slash style (*nix / vs > > Windows \) preferred by the OS. Or is my as-still non-caffeinated > > brain missing something obvious here this morning? > > Well exec() et-al aren't the only thing that use paths. You might have > an include/require that begins with "C:\" for example. Which, in itself, is bad construct and makes it non-portable even on fellow Windows machines. -- </Dan> Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek <? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?>