Question

So… for example I want to add to 1 five every 5 minuts (1 is in the DB)… With out direct calls from users….

So… How to make PHP code work without direct calls (on some kind of timer)?

Answer 1

build a script which does what you need to do. and call it via crontab in the needed interval
but make sure its not callable from a user or searchengine.

see http://www.unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html for more information on cron

a typical call could look like:

*/5 * * * *      lynx -source http://yourhost.com/yourscript.php >/dev/null