Re: Re: Time

Yes it would, you'd have to do the nasty equation Chris threw at you ..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> To: "Chris Chabot" <chabotc@reviewboard.com>; "Steph" <steph.fox@btinternet.com> Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net>; "php-gtk" <php-gtk@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] Re: [PHP-GTK] Time while (1) > sleep(60*60); > exec('application') > end wouldn't running the exec make the time be off? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Chabot" <chabotc@reviewboard.com> To: "Steph" <Steph.Fox@btinternet.com> Cc: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu>; <php-windows@lists.php.net>; "php-gtk" <php-gtk@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:43 PM Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: [PHP-GTK] Time > No both time and sleep use seconds. > see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.sleep.php and http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php respectivly. > > if you want to use milliseconds, you need to use usleep > see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.usleep.php > > just nitpicking my last few awake moments of the day :) > > -- Chris > > Steph wrote: > > > Seconds? I thought milliseconds? > > > > Oh well, suck it and see, Josh! > > ;) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Chabot" <chabotc@reviewboard.com> > > To: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> > > Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net>; "php-gtk" <php-gtk@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 4:31 AM > > Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK] Time > > > > Umm the obvious reply would be to go to download.com and browse to see if they have a shareware version of a cron like application, i am sure they do... i remember seeing some of those. > > > > Otherwise, code a simple php or c or delphi or visual basic app that only does > > > > while (1) > > sleep(60*60); > > exec('application') > > end > > > > Can't be that hard to write right? :) > > or even if you wanted it -on- every hour and not every hour, just do a > > if ( frac (time() / (60*60) ) == 0) { > > exec('application') > > } > > (ie if the dividable time / 'seconds in hour' has no fraction (behind the . or , depending on locality, its on the hour) > > > > I realy hope this wont become a windows support mailing list though, thats kinda outside of the scope of php-gtk? :) > > > > -- Chris > > > > Josh Seward wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Is there a way to have php run a script at a certain time? What I really need is something like cron on unix systems. I would use windows scheduler but it only goes by days. I ned to run this once every hour. > > > > > > P.S. To let everyone how helped me before. I can now send commands to an outside program I am running w/ the fsockopen command. This is after I open the prog. with popen. Thank you all for your help., especially Steph and Micheal. Your efffort and advice is much appriciated. If your ever in Athens Ohio the first round is on me :-) > > > > -- > > PHP GTK Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-gtk-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-gtk-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >