[SOLVED] timers

[grlayouts]

ok I have my own RPG which runs in rounds of 30 days.

 

What I need is a timer that counts up to the 30day mark in cycles of 15mins.

 

ie. 1/2880

 

when it gets to cycles 2880/2880 i need it to run a php file with all the reset details which i run manually myself now.

 

any idea's?

[Ninjakreborn]

Your better off setting up a cron job.

That could not be 100% secure, meaning there could be other issues.  Even then, that time would have to somehow be ran.

You can do the calculations easy enough, but a cron job (which would simply be telling the server to run that specific php script at whatever time period) would be a lot more reliable, and a lot faster.

That's what I would suggest.  What webhost do you use, what plan do you have, check and see if they support cron jobs, if not there are some other alternatives you can look into.

[grlayouts]

yeah i use cron jobs for the updates in turns and payouts. can i set a cron job to run every 30 days though?

[MadTechie]

yep,

run any time as often as you want

[grlayouts]

do you know the command line for every 30 days?

[MadTechie]

i only use them via cPanel (which how i control mysite) i saw a link to nice cron page today on here

[grlayouts]

59 23 29 * *

 

?? for cpanel?

[MadTechie]

http://demo.cpanel.net:2082/frontend/x/cron/simplecron.html?

 

all types

 

http://www.cpanel.net/products/cPanelandWHM/linux/try_cp_whm.htm

[grlayouts]

thanks again guys.