Question

I have a php built website with a mysql database.

I need an sql function to run once per every month.

How would i go about doing this?

EDIT

Really sorry for not making it clear. I don’t have a linux VPS. Just a basic hosting service with php and mysql capabilities. I am looking into purchasing a “real” server in the future but for now, are there any onther methods?

Answer 1

Everyone seems to want you to use a cronjob.
Problem with that is that is requires superuser access to the server.
I would suggest using a MySQL event instead.

Note that this does require superuser access in the MySQL database.

See: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/events.html

First make sure the event scheduler is enabled:

SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = ON;

You can set up an event as follows:

DELIMITER $$

CREATE EVENT IF NOT EXISTS event_name ON SCHEDULE EVERY MONTH
STARTS CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL 1 DAY 
ON COMPLETION PRESERVE
ENABLE 
COMMENT 'comment'
DO BEGIN
  //SQL statements here.
END $$

DELIMITER ;