flagman5 Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hi AllSorry if this is a commonly addressed questionbut is there way to create php script/function that will automatically edit a TXT file in the same directory at a specified time?my use for this is that I have a webpage where it shows a bunch of threads (kind of like a bbs) and then I want to be able to insert a big horizontal break after each day, so it nicely separates each days postingsis it possible to coordinate with the server clock and at the beginning of everyday at 00:00:01 it will automatically edit that webpage and pop in the daybreak linethanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypirc Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I'm assuming the server is *nix based...look into crontab. If it's windows based, windows as the "at" command. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDre Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Unless you leave your browser open 24/7 refreshing every second, theres no way to make it on a php level schedule things to happen.So yeah you got to use cron jobs or at as said above.php works as its called, it doesnt run 24/7. So unless its being run at the time being needed it doesnt know to run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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