Load php page automatically

[tiota]

Hi,

 

I've been wondering if it is possible to load a php page according to certain time.

For example at 12:00 pm a php form will pop up automatically informing an employee to fill in something in the form, another form will pop up at 4:00 pm, etc...

 

 

Thanks in advance

 

[inversesoft123]

It can be done with cron jobs. Run a specific script at specific time from cron job and trigger a flag in database.

 

Like

PAGE: cronjob.php    @ 4.00 pm

mysql_query("UPDATE pf_events SET notify='1'");

 

PAGE : index.php

 

Select flag from database.

 

$selectflag = "SELECT * FROM pf_events'";
$selectflag2=mysql_query($selectflag);
$selectflag3=mysql_fetch_array($selectflag2);
if($selectflag3[notify] == "1")
{
// paste your popup code here
}
}

Also, you can create another cron job script and run it on 4:05 PM daily to set notify flag again to 0

[JasonLewis]

If you want it to popup automatically however you'd need to use JavaScript and AJAX, because the script would now be acting client-side.

[litebearer]

Another scenario, by using windows scheduler you can ...

 

1. php script is on website

2. employee does not currently have browser open

3. at appointed time, scheduler starts browser pointed to website script

4. employee performs task