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Timer

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:43 pm
by Whear
I've been looking for a way to execute a script every 24 hours with no outside variables.

Is there a way to do this in PHP?

Re: Timer

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:47 pm
by Burrito
not sure what you mean 'no outside variables'

but have a look at cron

Re: Timer

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:48 pm
by Whear
As in, if no one ever visited the website, it would still execute the commands regardless.

Re: Timer

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:50 pm
by Burrito
yeah...then cron is what you want. You can just run your php from the cli.

Re: Timer

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:54 pm
by Whear
I looked at that link yet I couldn't find exactly how to edit the cron file/setting

Re: Timer

Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:56 pm
by Burrito
google it then.