Re: RE: PHP script: need a scheduled task!!!

I do several of these by setting the home page in IE5 to whatever.html and then using Javascript in this page to autoload php pages with the same javascript function to load the next page. This way I can run several tasks. By auto loading both local and web based files you can do anything you wish. i.e. upload the data for changes to pages or special offers etc. Download any user info in the web database to the office.(Access) Empty customer tables in web database. Auto email all customers etc etc etc. By using a socks server(VSOCKS www.pscs.co.uk FREE) I can autoconnect and disconnect the modem using two batch files. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Nold" <markn@alverstone.com.au> To: "'Zack Beatty'" <ZackB@mamamedia.com>; <php-general@lists.php.net> Cc: <php-windows@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 5:45 AM Subject: [PHP-WIN] RE: PHP script: need a scheduled task!!! > > Really your only hope is to get a web browser session. On windows you could > try "Get Right" or one of those other scheduled download managers. Then > since your script probably outputs some nice success/faiure infor you now > how a log ofthe last update. > > Funnily enough i'd use a Perl to hit the page and log the info then use > Cron in un*x, AT in NT or the windows scheduler thingy in Win9x. Nice cross > platform. > > If you want a sample of such a script give me yell, or look at libwww it > has heap of examples on grabbing pages including secured sites. > > Also since you are on Win32 look at perl2exe (search the web im not sure > where i got it) as it's compile your perl script into an executable. > > mn > > > > > Mark Nold > markn@alverstone.com.au > Systems Consultant > > Change is inevitable, except from vending machines. > > > > > On Saturday, 8 July 2000 12:42, Zack Beatty [SMTP:ZackB@mamamedia.com] > wrote: > > 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 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