What about using javascript. It would only work while the user is on the site, but it would be able to call a function (also ajax if you want to trigger a php method) very x seconds.
-flosky Ryan Schmidt <google-2...@ryandesign.com> schrieb: On Nov 4, 2011, at 00:17, zuha wrote: > is there anyway to run a process separate from the page load. I would love to > run a pseudo cronjob on each page load if it could be done without negatively > effecting performance in a serious way. (I was thinking curl, and ajax, but > they didn't really seem to fit the bill) Any experts out there know how to > start a cron task outside of the page load, but triggered by a page load? cron is a program that schedules things to run at particular times of the day. "start a cron task ... triggered by a page load" therefore doesn't make sense. What kind of task do you want to start? The solution might be different depending on the task. -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php