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Posted by Shelly on 10/16/07 00:40
"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
news:13h80h0o146hled@corp.supernews.com...
>I am coding a psudo-cron job into an application that I am writing. I
>don't have access to write a real cron job.
>
> Here is what I did:
> 1 - I downloaded pseudocron.php from its website
> (www.bitfolge.de/pseudocron)
> 2 - I created a cronjob directory and put a crontab.txt in there and had
> the pseudocron.php hook up with it by properly configuring the section in
> that script.
> 3 - I put an require_once("pseudocron.php") in my login screen so that
> when the user logs in the script is run.
> 4 - The cronjob runs setRemind.php. All that does is set a session
> variable, $_SESSION['remind'] to true.
> 5 - In my template file, which is on every page in the application, I test
> on whether that variable is true or false. If it is false, I write
> <body>. If it is true, I write <body
> onload="window.open("checkRemind.php")>
> 6 - The checkRemind.php accesses the database and sees if there are any
> reminders to show the user. It also sets the session variable to false.
>
> The crontab.txt has a line:
> */1 * * * Sun cronjobs/setRemind.php # repeat every
> one minute
>
> OK, other than the timer firing things, all works well. Initially, it
> opens the reminder screen in a separate window and does what it should.
> After that, changing pages does not invoke the check reminder screen.
> This is as it should be.
>
> Now for the problem.
> The "cron" job should cause a firing every minute (I will set this at
> something between one and 24 hours later, but it is one minute now for
> debugging purposes). The problem is that it is not firing or, at least
> appears not to be firing.
>
> How can I debug this? How can I determine if this pseudocron job is
> working? IOW, how can I see if there is a timer job running?
>
> Shelly
I thought I caught the error upon reading my post. The line in the
crontab.txt should be
*/1 * * * * cronjobs/setRemind.php # repeat every one
minute
The previous one would only fire on Sundays. I made the change, but it
still doesn't fire.
Shelly
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