RE: [PHP] PHP script: need a scheduled task!!!

Does IE accept command line arguements? I bet it probably does. Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Zack Beatty [mailto:ZackB@mamamedia.com] > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 10:42 AM > To: 'php-general@lists.php.net' > Cc: 'php-windows@lists.php.net' > Subject: [PHP] PHP script: need a scheduled task!!! > > > Is there a way to schedule a php script to run at a certain time, such as > with the Windows Task Scheduler. I need to query a database once a day at > midnight. In Perl, I would simply use the Windows Task Scheduler > to execute > the Perl script in the shell. However, with PHP, my script is web-based, > and can only be executed via a web-browser. A task CAN be > scheduled to open > an Internet Explorer window at any given time. However, it CAN'T be > configured to go to a specific web page. Any suggestions? I've > heard that > PHP can be compiled to run from the command prompt (which would > theoretically solve my problem), but I'm not ready to pursue that route. > Thanks. > -zb > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > _______________________________________________________ Site Design, Hosting, and E-Commerce at www.webpipe.net