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[stilllearningphp]

Hey Guys,

Just wondering if anybody has any feedback regarding Scheduled Tasks as I want to setup a script that is executed every morning at a specific time and my web host doesn't offer cronjobs.

I was wondering if there was anyway to configure a script to do this otherwise.

I found an application called phpjobscheduler that I could download and install to my server, and it works as an alternative for cronjobs, but didn't work for me(apparently because I have to insert some type of sketchy coding to my webpages and it will only work if I get hits regularly to them).

[Alexander]

There is no reliable way to do this, you can have a script infinitely loop (sleep()ing for a minute at a time and if it reaches the date, execute the job) but this will permanently use one Apache child which is what your web host may be limited to. I would use some form of automation on your computer, to access yoursite.com/dojob.php with some sort of authentication, if your computer is on those times. Maybe there is a service out there that will spider a page every day and do this for you.

[Orjan]

otherwise, there are sites on the net like FREE Cron Jobs - Reliable Web Cron service - Set Cron Job PHP that calls a page on your site on a choosen time... I googled on "web cron" and got a few hits. this is the first match, I don't know anything about that site. there are others out there as well.