Posted by Alvaro G. Vicario on 09/07/06 23:40

*** giangiammy escribió/wrote (7 Sep 2006 05:32:49 -0700):
> I don't know if this is possible, but I need to accomplish an action
> at a given hour (what cron does): is it possible to do something like
> this having a web hosting service with php support?
>
> any other possibilities to do something like this without having
> access to cron facilities?

If the schedule is flexible enough and you just want to do it "once a day"
and the like... and taking for granted you do have a web site... A possible
approach is to launch the script from your site. Let me explain:

1) You put your code in a file

2) You choose a page on your site (or maybe an include file)

3) You get a random number and decided upon it whether the script will be
launched


// Not tested!
if(mt_rand(1, 1000)){
system('nohup /foo/var.php &');
}

You can make additional checks so it won't be executed in less than X
hours.


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