Time based events in PHP

[motasem13hamad]

Hi peps,

I am trying to write a script that allows for events to be executed at any given time that user gives it like 
if the user wants it at 2 am the event will execute at that given time

i read some answer they say use cron 
but im using windows how to do it ??
 

[Barand]

WIndows has a Task Scheduler

 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa383614%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

[motasem13hamad]

i mean that the user should select time of execution 

its like the user want to send a message but he should choose the sending time ?

until now i cant find anything to do that dynamically

[Jacques1]

Barand just told you how to do it.

 

You set up a script which is regularly executed by the operating system, checks if there are any messages to be sent, and if that's the case, it sends them.

[motasem13hamad]

 //is there an api for php ?? cause i cant find something related to it  ?

[Jacques1]

API for what? I have no idea what you're talking about.

[motasem13hamad]

i want to run a php script at anytime that user want
like there is an sms the user want to sent okay
but he have to choose when to send it i dont know when it gonna happen

[Jacques1]

What is wrong with you? We've already told you how to do it. We've explained the exact steps. Yet you keep repeating the same sentences like a madman.

 

Did you see our replies? Did you understand them? If not, then ask, but don't just skip the answers and repeat your question. That doesn't get you anywhere.

 

Yes, I understand that you want to run a PHP script at user-defined points of time. I'm not stupid. To implement this, you tell the Windows Task Scheduler to run a certain PHP script every minute (or whatever time interval you find appropriate). This script checks if there are any user-defined actions to do at this point in time and executes them.

 

Let's say user A wants to send an SMS at 16:00 today (UTC), and user B wants to send an SMS at 18:30. Your server would do this:

...
11:11: call PHP script -> nothing to do
11:12: call PHP script -> nothing to do
11:13: call PHP script -> nothing to do
...
15:59: call PHP script -> nothing to do
16:00: call PHP script -> user A wants to send an SMS, do it
...
18:29: call PHP script -> nothing to do
18:30: call PHP script -> user B wants to send an SMS, do it
...

You get the idea?

[CroNiX]

A bit harsh, Jacques.

 

You'd set up a single task in the windows task scheduler that runs every 5 minutes or so (I think 1 minute would be a bit much, but you can if you want). That executes a php script. There are lots of examples in google how to set this up.

 

When the php script is executed, it checks a database to see if there are any sms to send out for the last 5 minutes (or whatever you want). If there are any present, send the sms's.

 

You would create some form or something for your users to set a time to send a sms, along with the message, and that's what gets stored in the above mentioned database.

 

As far as API to be able to directly manage tasks in the windows task scheduler, you could probably do that using a COM extension, but that would be much more difficult than the above. It would just be a lot easier to just have 1 task that executes your php script every x minutes.

Edited August 10, 2014 by CroNiX

[motasem13hamad]

its just my first time using scheduler thats all

i saw the link thats Barand post put i didn know how to make it work 
so i thought that you did not understand my problem 

and thanks for helping me , sorry for bothering