Way to have a script run on its own?

[shawjames]

I run a web based PHP script every day, and it usually takes about 20-30min to run. It has 1000 some sql queries, that is why it takes so long.

It is currently run manually, when the page is loaded... and what the script does is create a txt file with some info.

My question is, is it possible to have the page run on its own at the same time every day?

My webserver is on a remost host, and is not dedicated... I do not have access to the system files.

Just curious.
Let me know!
Thanks!
-Shaw

[Weedpacket]

If you're not on a dedicated server, and/or you don't have control over your box, then you'll probably need to talk with your hosting provider at some stage about this - it's the sort of thing a sysadmin would want to know is going on, especially as on a shared server it is likely to impact on other users.

But, if you search these forums on the subject of "cron", you'll find a number of threads that discuss regular scheduling of scripts (and if you go the browser-call route instead of calling PHP itself from the command line in the cron job, I guess you'd also be needing to [man]set_time_limit[/man]; don't forget to read that page if you want to use the function.