Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I need my site to occasionally read a file in order to update itself. (Daily or weekly if possible)
Is php capable of this alone? (From what I’ve seen the answer is “no”)
What else can I use to do this? (Sql seems like it might work, but I’ve searched and can’t tell for sure)
You could use a cronjob that executes your php-script at a given interval (eg every day at 12pm).
In case you cannot use real cronjobs: there are also some sites that offer free “cronjobs” – you give them a URL and they visit it at the time you tell them to. Just google for “free cronjobs”.