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Posted by roblevintennis on 10/31/03 11:38
Is there already a tool available for poeple with no cron job access?
Thanks.
I'm on the economy 'shared server' program with Godaddy. There's no
root and no cron job available to me...ergh! I want to make a daily
check on my mysql db (check a field to see if any users need to recieve
a notification email). I called godaddy and they said there are no
other tools available (on my plan) for scheduled tasks to run server
side scripts. I've thought of a twisted workaround but want get some
feedback on if there's a better/easier way. Here's my solution:
1. Have a scheduled task on my xp home box daily that points to a
utility I have called iOpus File Downloader.
2. It will make downoad the php page on my site (I've already tested
and it can do this) and write to a file on my local box.
3. The PHP will really function as a background process somehow
triggering an action of emailing anyone who needs to recieve
notifications today. However, it will echo a timestamp and since iOpus
File Downloader writes the output of the page it downloads, I'll
esentially have a log that my page was hit on that day.
4? I need some logic to make sure it ONLY checks the db once a day
otherwise someone could hack me into making mulitple calls, etc.
Perhaps a log file that logs
<made_call_today>true</made_call_today><tstamp>'todaysdate'<tstamp>.
Here's the current godaddy software:
Operating System
Red Hat Linux
Kernal
Version 2.4.21-4.0.1 elsmp
Web Server
Apache 1.3
Web Programming Languages
PHP 4.3.11
Tomcat (Java) 5.0.27
CGI / Perl 5.8
Python 2.2
Frontpage 5.0.2.5012
Databases
MySQL 4.0.24
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