Run script when folder accessed

[KI114]

Is there a way to run a PHP script every time a file is accessed in a certain folder?

 

Thanks in advance.

[incubi1]

Do you need it real time or can it check every 2min or so? Also will this be on Win or Linux?

 

incubi

[KI114]

Would need to be real time

[incubi1]

Also will this be on Win or Linux?

[KI114]

Linux. CentOS is this makes any difference

[incubi1]

Okay, no not real time. I guess you could if you use php CLI but man that would be bad. I would write a C++ app for it.

 

incubi

[KI114]

Alright thanks. I'll have to look into it

[incubi1]

Woops didn't mean to leave you hanging. Check these out

 

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ubuntu-inotify/index.html

 

http://pyinotify.sourceforge.net/

 

They will use the linux notify built into the kernel.

 

incubi

[Drummin]

Can't you just include the folder name to the top of each page and include the folder check script?

On each page

$section=("foldername"); 
include("foldercheck.php");

foldercheck.php

IF ($section=="specificfolder"){
//run function
}  

[incubi1]

Hi Drummin,

 

I wouldn't call that realtime as it were but sure you can do that. Or you could run the script on a cron job.

 

incubi

[Drummin]

Hi Drummin,

 

I wouldn't call that realtime as it were but sure you can do that. Or you could run the script on a cron job.

 

incubi

Well he did say WHEN a page is accessed, so WHEN the page is called, the script would run.

[incubi1]

I think OP wanded "Run script when folder accessed"

 

So fire the script when something accesses in the folder not when the page is accessed

 

incubi

 

 

[KI114]

The problem is that it could be any file in the folder, not just other PHP scripts. Otherwise that'd be easy