apart from cron

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

I need to run a php file every one hour. Is there any other solution apart from cron job?

[Daniel0]

Yeah, you could mimic a task scheduling system manually using PHP to logging when it was last run and if it's over an hour ago then run it. It pretty much requires that you have constant traffic, however.

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

How can I log the time it was run?

 

And run it again when an hour is over.

 

A little more detail, code would help me. 

 

[Daniel0]

How can I log the time it was run?

 

$lastRun = time();

 

And run it again when an hour is over.

 

if ($lastRun + 3600 < time()) {

runIt();

}

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

Thanks but how do I run it for the first time?

 

<?php //This is my code I want to run every hour.

 

$lastRun = time();

if ($lastRun + 3600 < time())

{

  runIt();

 

$json = file_get_contents('http://some_api');

$data  = json_decode($json);

$ttopics = array();

 

foreach ($data->trends as $trend)

{

$tt[] = $trend->name ;

}

 

foreach ($tt as $ttkey)

{

echo $ttkey.'<br \>';

}

}

 

?>

 

I know I am making some blunder.. please correct me.

 

[mikesta707]

every time that page is run, whatever you want run will be run because you reset the $lastRun variable.

[Alex]

For the first time just manually insert a timestamp. And make sure the stored timestamp only updates when the task is run.

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

Need more clarification on the solution someone gave me

 

I need to run apart from cron, it is a script...

 

Someone gave me this solution..

 

Make a file called "time.db" and CHMOD it as 0777

PHP Code:

<?php

// name of your file

$myFile="time.db";

$time=file($myFile);

if(time()-3600 > $time[0]){

// an hour has elapsed

// do your thing.

 

// write the new timestamp to file

$fh = fopen($myFile, 'w') or die("can't open file");

fwrite($fh, time());

fclose($fh);

}

else{

// it hasn't been an hour yet, so do nothing

}

?>

 

I am not sure if Godaddy allows me chmod any file... need more clarification.

 

 

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

My script obviously did not run the next time...PLEASE CORRECT ME

 

require_once("includes/connection.php");

$query = mysql_query("SELECT lastRun FROM time") or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($query)!=0)
    {
        while($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) 
        {
	$TimeRun = $row['lastRun'];
   	if ($TimeRun + 3600 < time())
		{
		$to_email = "salman_ahad@yahoo.com"; 
		$subject = "test script";
		$message = 
		"Time : Running"; 

		mail($to_email, $subject, $message); 
		$TimeRun = time();
		$querypost = mysql_query ("UPDATE time SET lastRun = '$TimeRun'");
		}
	}
}
else{
//nothing
}

 

OR..could I do?

 

function first(){
//All my code

sleep(3600);
call function second()
}

function second(){
//All my same code as above

sleep(3600);
call function first()
}

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Perhaps if you stated why you cannot use a cron job on your godaddy hosting - http://help.godaddy.com/article/3547

[salman_ahad@yahoo.com]

.....cron job on your godaddy hosting

 

any cron job allows us to run a php file at specific time...but this is what I am trying to do

 

//test.php

//users table contains multiple users

//message table contains multiple messages

$user = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users") or die(mysql_error());
$message = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM message") or die(mysql_error());

//...guide me for rest of the code

//Every user should be sent a message every one hour. Also the message which was not sent to any user.

//Lets say 
user-1 was sent a message-23 at 01:02:03  // user-1 shld receive the next message in queue after one hour
user-2 was sent a message-40  at 20:22:00  // user-2 shld receive the next message in queue after one hour
...
user-n was sent a message-78 at 12:30:10 // user-n shld receive the next message in queue after one hour

 

Can this user specific script be run as cron??