glenelkins Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 HiI need to run a script every day at 0:00 but the server i need to setup the script on does not support CRON.Is there a way I can have this script run every day at 0:00?? I thought about using some of the time functions. Run the script once to start it off, and then it can check the time every minute until it finds 0:00. But the problem Im facing is how do i get the script to continue to run even when the browser closes?Any ideas people? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15508-automating-without-cron/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Is this a windows server or something? Maybe you could use task scheduler?Otherwise, your kinda stuck. If its a high traffic site you could have each page check the time and if its near to 0:00 you could run the script, but if you dont get any hits around that time, well, the script wont run.This really is a server issue... not much php can do. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15508-automating-without-cron/#findComment-62955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelkins Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 how about setting up a cron from a different server to run the script? will that work? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15508-automating-without-cron/#findComment-62976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redarrow Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 What sever operating system exist then?look for a 3rd part cron or scedilar. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15508-automating-without-cron/#findComment-62977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelkins Posted July 24, 2006 Author Share Posted July 24, 2006 The server is on FastHosts, its a Linux server Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15508-automating-without-cron/#findComment-62981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
trq Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 [quote]how about setting up a cron from a different server to run the script? will that work?[/quote]Yes. You'd need to make the script publicly accessible. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/15508-automating-without-cron/#findComment-62982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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