RE: [PHP] timer problem

2003-02-22 Thread John W. Holmes
> Just a little curious. Is there any other way other than cron to do > this. Is it possible to run a PHP script in an endless loop and when the > clock strikes, run another script? Yeah, I think so, but it'd be worth the effort to just learn cron. You can use set_time_limit() to zero and run your

RE: [PHP] timer problem

2003-02-22 Thread Siddharth Hegde
22, 2003 9:40 PM > To: 'Michael Gaab'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] timer problem > > > i want to automate some activities by date. on a certain date i want > to > > do > > some specific processing. the application is web based using apache. i &

RE: [PHP] timer problem

2003-02-22 Thread John W. Holmes
> i want to automate some activities by date. on a certain date i want to > do > some specific processing. the application is web based using apache. i > guess > i would need some way of calling the program daily to see if "today is the > day." thread/daemon? any suggestions appreciated. Use cr