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:
>>
>>> 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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