On Mon, February 4, 2008 8:30 am, Pieter du Toit wrote: > Is there a way that i can schedule tasks on my webserver that will > automatically fire on a certain time and date, without anyone visiting > the > website? > > This domain is hosted by a ISP and not by me.
There is a low-level utility in Windows DOS whose name is "at" which is not unlike the lower-level command line utility in *nix named "at" (read: they're the same). So, in theory, on a Windows box, even if you don't have access to the fancy "Scheduled Tasks" GUI, one might have access to "at" in a DOS prompt... You could also grab any old box in your closet, throw Linux on it, and toss your code in to see if it runs, and try to assess how much work it would be to migrate. And, finally, for those stuck with horrible webhosts who provide no access to cron or a Windows-equivalent, there are free services out there that will "cron" an HTTP request for you. You then build a PHP script for that external service to visit that fires off whatever you want. You may or may not want to do things like password-protect it (and provide the http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/daily.php URL to it) or perhaps have some logic in the code to make sure it doesn't run "too often" in some kind of denial of service attack. PS If your site gets at least SOME traffic, you could also Google for PHP solutions where you include something on your homepage that checks the DB for events that need doing. There used to be more than a few of these, back in the days when various "panels" (ugh!) didn't provide cron access. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
