Re: executing script at specified time

As far as I know, there is no way to do this in Apache. Instead, use cron & lynx: 59 23 * * * lynx -dump http://domain.com/script.php > ~/phpdump.txt If you don't need to save the results, use: 59 23 * * * lynx -dump http://domain.com/script.php > /dev/null On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 17:05, Richard Baskett wrote: > How can I execute a php script at a specified time using an Apache server? > Let's say I wanted to send everyone an email, who had updated their personal > information within the last 24 hours, every night at midnight... > > I would write a script that would get the current date and time, check a > mysql database for all rows that met the date critieria, and automatically > email everyone that met that criteria. > > I am guessing most administrators would not want to make sure they are in > front of a browser at midnight every night to run the script, so how can I > do this? :) > > Thanks ahead of time! > > Rick > >