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DasBoot
DasBoot

Reputation: 707

php refresh every x amount of time on server side

I was wondering how can i call the same file every x amount of time.I am used to ajax, but this is only for when a website has users, i am not expecting any users i am just trying to make some operations on some files every x amount of time, lets say every 20 minutes. thank you. Does anyone know of some methods that can help me with this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 235

Answers (3)

chovy
chovy

Reputation: 75686

Type this at the command line on your linux server:

crontab -e

add this to the file and save:

20 * * * * curl -s http://example.com

this will fetch that url every 20 minutes, the -s option to curl just silences any output.

Upvotes: 1

WatsMyName
WatsMyName

Reputation: 4478

This might help you, the link explains how to setup cron job in hostagator. The video in the link is well enough for you to go I guess

http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/how-do-i-create-and-delete-a-cron-job

Upvotes: 1

Subir Kumar Sao
Subir Kumar Sao

Reputation: 8401

You need to do it on server side. Did you try cron jobs?

Upvotes: 3

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