you need some way of automating the process, and without cron automatically doing things for you, you're going to be pressed for a solution...i'm not sure what you could do because you need something to do this automatically...your host doesn't provide perl scripts to be cronned or anything like that? if not, i'm not sure what to tell you...
jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] schedule a task > thanks for a quick response but I have a major problem with that: > no shell access => can't use cron > > Any other idea? > Gab > > > "Jack Dempsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 005401c17137$b930af00$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:005401c17137$b930af00$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > cron either a php script itself [if you've got it installed as a cgi] or a > > lynx request of the page > > check the archives as well [marc.theaimsgroup.com] because this comes up > > every week or so > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:15 PM > > Subject: [PHP] schedule a task > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a form (POST method), that creates a back-up of a MySQL database > as > > > an SQL file when submited. I am looking for a way to automate this task > > (ie > > > on a daily basis at midnight). > > > Any idea on how to do it in PHP? (if it is possible) > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Gab > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
