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by tlholley
Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:35 pm
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Use cron job to run php script
Replies: 13
Views: 655

Perhaps I should clarify. I don't understand everything about this auto.php thing, but I'm not convinced that it is what I am looking for. I have a php script that allows me to post to a blog automatically as per the cron job. I usually let the cron job run once a day at 3am. The cron job runs post....
by tlholley
Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:57 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Use cron job to run php script
Replies: 13
Views: 655

PHP manual

foobar, I appreciate you trying to help but I'm afraid your replies are a little too vague for me. I went to the manual and searched for auto.php and it found nothing. Where in this manual can I find out about auto.php? Thanks.
by tlholley
Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:34 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Use cron job to run php script
Replies: 13
Views: 655

auto.php?

I'm sorry, like I said, I don't know PHP. Where can I get the code for this auto.php and exacty what do I do to make it work? Would the auto.php be a seperate file or included in the post.php file? When the cron job runs, say 3am, it would then delay executing post.php for a random time up to 30 min...
by tlholley
Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:49 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Use cron job to run php script
Replies: 13
Views: 655

Use cron job to run php script

Hi, I don't know much about PHP. I have been using a cron job to run a script with no problems. However, I can only set the cron job to run at the same time each day and I want to add a more random appearance to the running of the script. What I want is to set the cron job to run a PHP script that w...