Question

I want that certain mysql query would be executed in 1 minute after mysql_query() function executes in the php file. Is it possible to do that? Thank you.

Answer 1

You might want to use MySQL’s SLEEP().

SELECT SLEEP(60), yourColumns from yourTable

or just

SELECT SLEEP(60); yourOtherQuery

But note your script will be running for 60 seconds because by default, your php will wait for the result. If you don’t want this, you should fork a new process so the php process can finish and return data to the user.

Edit: you said you don’t want people to wait

If you don’t want people to wait, you should fork a new process, or signal a running process (daemon) to execute your query.