Re: Executing after certain time

if you are going to use a cron job and you haven't got 'php as CGI' then use something like below and save it in your crod_daily or hourly #! /bin/sh wget -q -c http://my.domain/phpfile.php3 > /dev/null Ajdin On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Marty Landman wrote: > At 08:41 am 7/5/01 -0700, Oliver Hotz wrote: > >Hey guys, I have a php script that generates files, and a www page that > >links to them. > > > >Is there a way to delete those files, based on a time variable ?.. > > Why not have cron kick off a script every minute that checks all candidate > files and deletes the ones that need it. You can either embed the delete > criteria within the file name or alternatively have the program which > creates the candidate files post entries to a control file which the cron > pgm reads. > > What about updating the links on the webpage though? You'll have to handle > this too unless the page is written by a program which generates links on > the fly based on candidate file availability. Like generating the links > from a read of the candidate file directory. > > Of course you'll want a very appealing 404 handler (see .htaccess for > those) because the webpage could be invoked by a visitor to the site > displaying links that are clobbered some seconds/minutes later by the cron > job. Then the visitor clicks and it ain't there. :( > > Maybe there's a better way to accomplish what you're after?? > > hth, > > Marty > > Face 2 Interface Web Solutions > Website Creation Made SIMPL(tm) > Online Demo Available > http://face2interface.com/Home/Demo.shtml > > > -- > 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 > >