[PHP-DB] Automatically +1 every 30 mins to a value in the database.

Hi there. I've posted this up on both this list, and the mysql list as I'm not sure whether this is something that I'd need to do with the php or mysql. Basically, I am making an add-on to my small website which is a mini online game. Every user will have gold, and every 30mins I'd like their

[PHP-DB] Re: Automatically +1 every 30 mins to a value in the database.

Alex Major wrote: Hi there. I've posted this up on both this list, and the mysql list as I'm not sure whether this is something that I'd need to do with the php or mysql. Basically, I am making an add-on to my small website which is a mini online game. Every user will have gold, and every

Re: [PHP-DB] Automatically +1 every 30 mins to a value in the database.

An alternative to cron jobs or scheduled tasks (if they're not an option) is to have a marker somewhere (probably in your database) that records a timestamp for the last 'gold' update then when someone does get around to accessing the database through normal operations, have it figure out how

[PHP-DB] SSL implementation

Hi, I'm new to web programming and Apache PHP so this may seem like a dumb question. Is there a preferred way to implement SSL in a website or web application? Is it handled using PHP or Apache? Or both? I see there is the Apache Open SSL server and the mod_ssl. Seems there are many