u can use scheduled tasks if u want to run a particular scripts once in a while. if u want to run any program from a php script u'll hav to use exec() or similar function.. u can use both of them together to attain the above result. @robert how can this be achieved purely tru php...?? Kranthi. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 08:56, muthuranjmca <muthuranjmca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- In php-objects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <php-objects%40yahoogroups.com>, > "muthuranjmca" <muthuranjmca@...> > wrote: > > > > > I want to write a program to automatically run a program within every > > half an hour, > > How to write this using PHP? Help me > >I'm using "WindowsXP and XAMPP1.4 version" > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]