yeh i agree with you... had the time interval been constant i would hav requested the server admin to setup the cron jobs for me. since it is variable i want to know if it is possible to change the cron jobs from a PHP script.. and regarding the refreshing the page manually... i m thinking of that via AJAX. since javascript has got more time handling functions than PHP... Kranthi. On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 09:08, Joe Forsythe <jforsythe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I'm afraid you've got truly limited options, as that is *exactly* what > cron jobs and scheduled tasks are meant for. If you don't have permissions > to set up a scheduled task, I would consider speaking in a very sweet > voice to your server admin and have them set one up for you. You'll find > that chocolate chip cookies are quite well received. > > Or you could set an alarm to go off every half hour then go refresh the > page with the script on it. > > Speaking of... If you've got a computer with an always on connection at > home, you could set something up to refresh the page for you every half > hour. > -- > Joe > > > > i forgot this script has a prob > > "Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded" > > mine needs to execute continuously for about a week. (file.php will > > run once now, again after nearly half an hour, and again after half an > > hour and so on) > > > > On 10/07/2008, kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx <kranthi117%40gmail.com> < > kranthi117@xxxxxxxxx <kranthi117%40gmail.com>> wrote: > >> yeh thanks > >> > >> On 10/06/2008, LuCiaNo - CeTre <web@xxxxxxxxxxxx <web%40cetre.com.br>> > wrote: > >>> <?php > >>> > >>> //some php script > >>> > >>> sleep(1); > >>> include("file.php"); > >>> > >>> //where sleep(1) is a one second to wait before call file.php > >>> > >>> ?> > >>> > >>> Is this ? > >>> > >>> > >>> kranthi wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> i am currently executing a php script a.php. the script a.php should > >>>> call > >>>> itself after 'n' number of seconds. here 'n' is a variable number of > >>>> seconds. please suggest me a method to do this... > >>>> > >>>> also please note that i dont have access to 'cron jobs' on my web > >>>> server. > >>>> > >>>> Kranthi. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Kranthi. > >> > > > > > > -- > > Kranthi. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]