Question

I have a php script I need to run frequently, ie approx every 10 seconds. It seems that cron is not suitable given the required frequency.

Ideally I would like to run my script;
a) in a loop with a short pause(say) 5 seconds between each execution, or
b) schedule the script to run every 10 seconds

php, mysql, linux

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Set an every minute cronjob to run your PHP script.

In your PHP script, run the code in a loop, 6 times.

You can use sleep function to create a pause between each loop execution: http://php.net/sleep