[PHP] schedule a task

Hi, I have a form (POST method), that creates a back-up of a MySQL database as an SQL file when submited. I am looking for a way to automate this task (ie on a daily basis at midnight). Any idea on how to do it in PHP? (if it is possible) Thanks Gab -- PHP General Mailing List (http

Re: [PHP] schedule a task

thanks for a quick response but I have a major problem with that: no shell access => can't use cron Any other idea? Gab "Jack Dempsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 005401c17137$b930af00$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:005401c17137$b930af00$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... &

Re: [PHP] schedule a task

going to be pressed for a solution...i'm not > sure what you could do because you need something to do this > automatically...your host doesn't provide perl scripts to be cronned or > anything like that? if not, i'm not sure what to tell you... > > jack > - Or

Re: Re: [PHP] schedule a task

thanks, That's what I did, and it works fine, was just hopping to find another way than using cron, but still as a server-side script. Gab "Matthew Moreton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 018c01c1713f$d98f9ab0$0100a8c0@summy">news:018c01c1713f$d98f9ab0$0100a8