Re: Persistent flag in memory

On Thu, 2010-02-11 at 05:53 +0000, Jochem Maas wrote: > whatever it is that your trying to do, it sounds like one of two things: > > 1. you have hosting that is unsuitable for your needs > 2. you are tackling the problem incorrectly > > at any rate, as far I'm concerned, you should never have a long running > php process via a web server. (obviously this is the point that someone > posts a brilliant use case to prove me wrong ;-) > > could you detail what is is you're actuallt trying to do, chances are people > have: > > a. got a better alternative > b. already invented the particular wheel you're trying to build > c. you really do need shell (or even just control panel) access to run a cron job > What I am trying to achieve is to have a php script run once a minute and do a few tasks. There are some constraints: - Users usually install the php application on their local machines, be it Linux, Windows, or Macintosh. - The application is defined as needing zero-configuration, i.e. it runs out of the box. Teus.