Re: Re: [PHP] schedule a task

thanks, That's what I did, and it works fine, was just hopping to find another way than using cron, but still as a server-side script. Gab "Matthew Moreton" <matt@summy.co.uk> wrote in message news:018c01c1713f$d98f9ab0$0100a8c0@summy... You can launch IE with an address as a paramater from task scheduler. Example: C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\IEXPLORE.EXE http://somehost.com/somepath/somescript.php Matt. "Gab" <a@aa.com> wrote in message news:20011119204452.83980.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > I'll check with the tech support but nothng is mentioned on the website. > I can transform the method into GET on the form, and could call the script. > The only way I see so far is using thi URL as a default page in my Win > browser and automate sschedule the task in windows, but i don't like that. > > > > > "Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn@georgetown.edu> wrote in message > news:007f01c1713a$2a18e140$746ba18d@reiss.georgetown.edu... > > you need some way of automating the process, and without cron > automatically > > doing things for you, you're going to be pressed for a solution...i'm not > > sure what you could do because you need something to do this > > automatically...your host doesn't provide perl scripts to be cronned or > > anything like that? if not, i'm not sure what to tell you... > > > > jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gab" <a@aa.com> > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] schedule a task > > > > > > > thanks for a quick response but I have a major problem with that: > > > no shell access => can't use cron > > > > > > Any other idea? > > > Gab > > > > > > > > > "Jack Dempsey" <dempsejn@georgetown.edu> wrote in message > > > > > > news:005401c17137$b930af00$746ba18d@reiss.georgetown.edu... > > > > cron either a php script itself [if you've got it installed as a cgi] > or > > a > > > > lynx request of the page > > > > check the archives as well [marc.theaimsgroup.com] because this comes > up > > > > every week or so > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Gab" <a@aa.com> > > > > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > > > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:15 PM > > > > Subject: [PHP] schedule a task > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I have a form (POST method), that creates a back-up of a MySQL > > database > > > as > > > > > an SQL file when submited. I am looking for a way to automate this > > task > > > > (ie > > > > > on a daily basis at midnight). > > > > > Any idea on how to do it in PHP? (if it is possible) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > > Gab > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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