You may also want to look at wget as a way of invoking
your PHP script if command line support is not available.

Henry

"I.A. Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi.
>
> I am wanting to use a PHP script to check on an hourly/daily basis on a
few
> things- ie links on my sites, whether the sites are up and running and
also
> to send an e-mail to me.  I know how to do this using PHP but my problem
is
> how to have this running 24/7.  I can't really have this on a web page as
> wouldn't it time out?  I don't have my own server and so use a hosting
> company.  Is there a way of running a PHP script on a regular basis (say
> every 10 or 30 mins, or hourly or daily)?  Would I have to set up my own
> server to do this?  I just the simplest way of acheiving this.  Any ideas?
> Does anyone know of any decent link checkers written in PHP that I could
> implement?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Ian Gray
>

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