[PHP-DB] Future Event
Is there a way in php to execute a SELECT statement in the future? What I am wanting to do is use a page to parse a database at a future time. I want to send out some email about an event I am putting on, but I don't want to execute the select statement until 2:00am. I could use cron for this, but I would perfer not, as I am writing an application in which cron may not be an option. Is there 3rd party engines that will do this? Mark -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP-DB] Future Event
Put it all in a separate page and call that page from another machine where CRON/SCheduled Tasks are allowedor put a time check in your page and call it like a function whevever users hit your site bastien From: Mark Bomgardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Php-Db php-db@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP-DB] Future Event Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:45:18 -0600 Is there a way in php to execute a SELECT statement in the future? What I am wanting to do is use a page to parse a database at a future time. I want to send out some email about an event I am putting on, but I don't want to execute the select statement until 2:00am. I could use cron for this, but I would perfer not, as I am writing an application in which cron may not be an option. Is there 3rd party engines that will do this? Mark -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Future Event
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Mark Bomgardner wrote: Is there a way in php to execute a SELECT statement in the future? What I am wanting to do is use a page to parse a database at a future time. I want to send out some email about an event I am putting on, but I don't want to execute the select statement until 2:00am. I could use cron for this, but I would perfer not, as I am writing an application in which cron may not be an option. Is there 3rd party engines that will do this? Mark i think u can just use the time constraint :-? I think its possible raj -- Your absence should be long enough so that someone miss you , But it shouldn't be so long enough that Someone learns to live without you So keep in touch ! -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] Future Event
Mark Bomgardner wrote: Is there a way in php to execute a SELECT statement in the future? What only if its running in the future :) You can trigger it when a visitor visits your page but what are the chances someone will visit it at 2:000 AM exactly every night? You can run it as a daemon, which woudl be kind of stupid, plus if they don;t let you run cron they probably don;t want a script to run 24/7 just to send an email at 2:00 AM You can cron it. You can cron a script on a different server to run your script on the non-cron machine via SSH, HTTP, etc... BTW, this applies to scripting of any kind, Actually there are soem Perl modules that can do this, have you looked on CPAN? I am wanting to do is use a page to parse a database at a future time. I want to send out some email about an event I am putting on, but I don't want to execute the select statement until 2:00am. I could use cron for this, but I would perfer not, as I am writing an application in which cron may not be an option. Is there 3rd party engines that will do this? Yes, Cron is one that 99% of servers will have and several Perl Modules on CPAN. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
