timer reset

[mandukar]

hi I am trying to write up a script that when the timer gets to a time e.g. 12:00 it automaticly runs a page called reset.php

 

basiclly my question is how would I get the script to run my reset.php page

 

here is the script I galthered so fare.

any help will be greatful

 

 

<?php

$target = mktime(0, 0, 0, 2, 10, 2007) ;

$today = time () ;

$difference =($target-$today) ;

$days =(int) ($difference/86400) ;

?>

[MadTechie]

CRONing is the best option

[mandukar]

do you know where I can get a script that does that then please?

[V34]

Otherwise you have to view the page every time the time is 12:00.

 

But I could be done like this.

<?php
$date = date(H);
if ($date = "12") {
header("Location: reset.php");
}

?>

 

 

[jitesh]

Refer a CRON JOB

[V34]

If you have access to the server you're pages are running on, you could use CRON.

http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cron.html

[mandukar]

so if i used

<?php

$date = date(H);

if ($date = "12") {

header("Location: reset.php");

}

 

?>

 

would that mean i'd have to view the page? that this script is on? or would it work on its own? and thanks for that cron job link, i'll have a look at that too

[mandukar]

i've had a read of that cron job thing and they gave an example

 

# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.

# (ipwatch.cron installed on Thu Nov 18 11:48:02 1999)

# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $)

10 3 * * * /usr/bin/foo

 

do I put <? and ?> at the start n end of that script or just leave it as it is and save it as a txt document?

[V34]

PHP itself can't do anything without a viewer, viewing the page.

 

What CRON do, it runs the file every X time. But it isn't enough to just have access to the FTP server, you need to install it on the server you're using, so it's quite a problem if you have rented a Web hotel.

[mandukar]

bump

[MadTechie]

mandukar

 

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If you have access to the server you're pages are running on, you could use CRON.

http://www.scrounge.org/linux/cron.html