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 Posted by Stan McCann on 02/02/06 04:13 
Martin <martinvalley@comcast.net> wrote in  
news:8sn2u1p84e17ei1q3aj6nmprbrjrfd31jb@4ax.com: 
 
> On 1 Feb 2006 15:09:42 -0700, Stan McCann <me@stanmccann.us> wrote: 
>  
>>Martin <martinvalley@comcast.net> wrote in 
>>news:hk32u1p7qlo8ruiltb2mma0bo8mo2ammp2@4ax.com:  
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>>> Is it possible to have a PHP script that runs continuously - by 
>>> itself - independent of serving out any pages? Perhaps I could have 
>>> one page  
>> 
>>No, that would be called a process running on the server.   
> That's kind of what I figured  :( 
>  
>>Do you manage the server?  
> No - this would be on a web hosting service's hardware. 
 
If, what you are wanting to do isn't for too many simultaneous users,  
look into DSL and setting up a Linux server.  Some of the newer  
distributions are all point and click, as easy, if not easier than  
Windows. It's nice to run the server too.  Mostly. 
 
--  
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Webmaster, NMSU at Alamogordo http://alamo.nmsu.edu/ 
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