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PHP style push application

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:38 pm
by Grapher
I have a an agenda project that includes tasks to be done in the futur. I can set a date for each task and set a reminder date also. How would i go about creating an application that automatically checks each day if there is a reminder to send and call out the php send script wihtout having to go on the task page or manually sending it? Are there any applications that you can install on a computer that can do this sort of thing, a sort of daemon or something? What type of language would i need to use to communicate with my php application. How is this even possible? Any help or guidance on the topic would be very helpful! Thank you!

Re: PHP style push application

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:41 pm
by AbraCadaver
On Linux you use cron and on Windows you can probably use the Task Scheduler.

Re: PHP style push application

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:03 am
by internet-solution
If you get frequent visitors to the PHP site, then you can include a function to check and send reminder in index.php (or the most frequenct page).

Re: PHP style push application

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:41 am
by Jonah Bron
internet-solution wrote:If you get frequent visitors to the PHP site, then you can include a function to check and send reminder in index.php (or the most frequenct page).
AKA the "poor man's cron" :D