Re: Persistent flag in memory

Op 2/11/10 6:34 AM, Teus Benschop schreef: > 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. much too vague. no mention of a webserver ... zero-config and needing to install are somewhat mutually exclusive. I still have the feeling you're using the wrong tool for the job somehow, I may be wrong or drunk or both ;) > > Teus. > >