Crons Tutorial

[hallsofvallhalla]

yep thats exactly what i do, i just create it and then run it by going to localhost\gamefolder\cronscript.php

[Hutch]

When you run that using taskmanager do you have a new browser window open? Do you use something else like wget?

[mrmajic]

well, i set windows to run a program at 10pm each night::

seomthing like this:

c:\program files\windows\explorer\iexplorer.exr http://localhost/delta/secure/cron.php? ... assword123

and there ya go .. the file cron.php runs at 10pm each night through the webserver (localhost).

[zolacat999]

Thick question was this video 12

[Jackolantern]

Thick question was this video 12

No, video 12 is on the next page. I believe the crons video was not numbered.

[OldRod]

I understand how crons work and that they are linux only.

When working on my game using localhost, is it possible to simulate a cron on a Windows XP machine? Using scheduler perhaps? How would I set it up to run a php script every 15 minutes?

[hallsofvallhalla]

yeah just name your cron whatever like healplayers.php

then simply make a scheduler pointing towards the healplayers.php, make sure however that your windiws is setup by default to open .php files in explorer or mozilla or whatever you use. You can also find a host that has crons and just run your crons from there.

[neronix17]

Got a new card I can now use godaddy and they are brilliant, very cheap too

[Jackolantern]

When I am ready to start testing on a production server, I am probably going to go with them. They offer a ton of room to scale up (nice to dream, right?), and going for one of the big guys can have its advantages. Good customer service, lots of updates and upgrades, etc.

Do they have any referral system?

[Kirbie]

Can you run crons on your own server? Is there a program out to buy and put on my own server, or do you have to go through a web host?