hi you can also use http://www.webcron.org
At 13:29 06/05/02, John Holmes wrote: > > > He did say he did /not/ want to invoke it from a browser :) > > I didn't think that PHP could run w/o one though, so my idea was to >use a > > text browser, have it run the script, then exit out. As I said, I was > > probably wrong ;) > >Actually, that's exactly how it's typically done, using wget or lynx. >Yes, you can compile a standalone version of PHP and use it directly, >but most hosts do not have that. So, you add a line to your cron file >that calls up your PHP script through lynx. Your script shouldn't return >anything, just do what it has to do, or it should redirect output to a >file or email. You can use the -dump switch for lynx to dump any output >that does occur. > >I know he said he did not want to invoke it from a browser, but I think >he meant that he didn't want to have to physically go to and load up the >page himself. > >---John Holmes... > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___________________________________________________ Hassan El Forkani Founder And Mantainer of : http://WarmAfrica.com EveryOne's Africa Freelance Internet Consultant / Web Applications Developper. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel : 0021671880014 ___________________________________________________
