[FX.php List] Timers and things for PHP

[Bob Patin]

Why not use a plugin and do what you need from inside Filemaker? You  
can use oAzium Events and have it trigger a script on a regular basis  
if you need it.


On Jul 29, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:

> You would most likely benefit from not doing it in php, in most cases
> it would be a simple query right?
>
> crontab and python or bash, I assume is the right way to go
> Perhaps a curl statement in crontab would do?
>
> ggt667
>
> On 7/29/06, Andy Gaunt <andy at fmpug.com> wrote:
>> Vince,
>>
>> You can run a cron job on Mac or pseudo-cron on pc to trigger a  
>> php script
>> at regular intervals.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of  
>> Vincenzo P.
>> Menanno
>> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 1:34 PM
>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>> Subject: [FX.php List] Timers and things for PHP
>>
>> This is more of a request to see if there is something out there php
>> wise that would be acting like a trigger... so every hour ping some
>> site or link and send me an email with some information ... is there
>> such a thing that one can use this in their php code... and if so
>> what kind of impact would it have on overall performance and such
>> things.
>>
>> THanks
>>
>> Vince
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