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Asked: 2026-05-30T16:37:10+00:00

I was wondering if there’s a way to have a php script on my

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I was wondering if there’s a way to have a php script on my web server email me whenever a file from another web server changes.

For instance, there’s this file that changes frequently: http://media1.clubpenguin.com/play/en/web_service/game_configs/paper_items.json

I blog about a game and that file is very important for creating post on updates before my competitors. I often forget to check it though.

Is there a way to have a script email me whenever that file updates, or check that file to see if it has updated, and email me if it has?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need have this two files in same folder.

    • old.json
    • scriptForCron.php

    In scriptForCron.php write:

    $url='http://media1.clubpenguin.com/play/en/web_service/game_configs/paper_items.json';
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
$execute = curl_exec($ch);

$fp=fopen('old.json','w+');
$oldjson=fread($fp,filesize('old.json'));

if($execute!=$oldjson){
 mail('your@mail.com','Yoohoo', 'File changed');
 fputs($fp,$execute);
}
fclose($fp);

    And then add scriptForCron.php to cron job.
    You can ask hosting support for it.

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