scheduled php script execution?

[Matt_Kindig]

Hi,

I'm developing an online calendar system using php/mySQL and want to execute a php script every day at some specified time (at midnight). Is there a way to set a PHP script to run itself at a certain time?

Alternatively, could I add a php script as a cron task (I have a linux server)?

Thanks for your help.

[akillez]

a cron job should do the trick...

[travelbuff]

Cron is the way to go for sure. Here are a coupl of tutorials that discuss the different methods of running PHP via Cron:
http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/28/0.php
http://www.htmlcenter.com/tutorials/tutorials.cfm?id=155&type=PHP

HTH

[MarkR]

If you need the job executed at exactly the right moment, then schedule it on "cron" a minute or two before you want it to start, and have the PHP script work out the time remaining and sleep before carrying out its actions.

Mark