constants and scope

[drifter]

I have an open source app that I run that does a lot of data processing. The problem is that I need to run this thing a total of 8 times with different variables.

 

I was just going to write a program and say include(); whenever I needed it.

 

THe problem is looking at it, it uses lots of defined constants... since these are global scope and can not be changed, I will not be able to run it a second time and change the variables.

 

So is there any way to isolate this extra script in a class or something that will limit the scope of the define.

 

I could put eight cron jobs in, but I would rather them run sequentially since I have no idea how long they will take to run at any given time.

 

Is there a way I can right a shell or something that will run one php script and when that is done run the next?

 

Thanks

Scott

[redarrow]

Here you go i have defined the price of $10.000 in a function

then i have defined names to varables,

then used those varables within functions, then you get to see the

echoed information by the hour.

 

 

<?php


$member1="john";
$member2="paul";
$member3="toni";
$member5="petter";

$time_now=date("h");



function word(){
define("X","\$10.000");
echo X;
}

if($time_now=="01"){


function a($member1){
echo " $member1 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo a($member1);
}

if($time_now=="02"){

function b($member2){

echo " $member2 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo b($member2);
}


if($time_now=="03"){

function c($member3){

echo " $member3 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo a($member3);
}


if($time_now=="04"){

function d($member4){
echo " $member4 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo d($member4);
}


if($time_now=="05"){

function e($member5){
echo " $member5 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo $e($member5);
}
if($time_now=="06"){


function f($member1){
echo " $member1 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo f($member1);
}

if($time_now=="07"){

function g($member2){

echo " $member2 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo g($member2);
}


if($time_now=="08"){

function h($member3){

echo " $member3 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo h($member3);
}


if($time_now=="09"){

function i($member4){
echo " $member4 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo i($member4);
}


if($time_now=="10"){

function j($member5){
echo " $member5 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo $j($member5);
}

if($time_now=="11"){

function k($member4){
echo " $member4 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo k($member4);
}


if($time_now=="12"){

function l($member5){
echo " $member5 you owe us ".word()." ";
}
echo $l($member5);
}
?>