Re: [PHP] Periodic Actions in PHP?
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Sleep(). ? Bastien Sent from my iPod On Jun 14, 2009, at 13:52, "Parham Doustdar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, your message sparked an idea in my [slow] mind. :) > I can put the PHP code in a java script, and tell javascript to call > it > every fifteen seconds. Best option, I think. :) > Any ideas? > Thanks! > -- > --- > Contact info: > Skype: parham-d > MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com > email: parham90 at GMail dot com > ""bruce"" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> hi... >> >> is this a php/web based app... >> are the users using the chat function via the browser.. >> if this is a browser/web app, are you looking for a way for the >> php web app to refetch the textfile... i would assume so... >> >> have you figured out a rough architecture/design for your app.. >> in your design, you're going to need to figure out how to >> accomplish updates to the text file, and when you do, you'll >> also have figured out how to do the reads... >> >> i'm assuming that you don't want a continuously running thread >> for your php/web app.. ie one continuously, never ending loop... >> -so you'll have the user add some text, the app will write this to >> a file.. >> the user will either select a refresh kind of btn, or your >> app will have to implement a refresh process, which will then >> fetch new/updated data from your files.. >> etc... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On >> Behalf >> Of Richard Heyes >> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:17 AM >> To: Parham Doustdar >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [PHP] Periodic Actions in PHP? >> >> >> Hi, >> >>> I'm going to create a small chat script with PHP. The messages you >>> want >> others to see >>> will be added to a flat file (I.E. TXT file), and read and >>> displayed by >> PHP. However, I want >>> this reading and displaying to be periodic. This means that I want >>> PHP to >> check the file for >>> new lines every,say, fifteen seconds. How may I do that? I have been >> unable to find any >>> function that acts like a timer. >> >> If you're on Unix then look into using cron. Type the following at >> the >> command prompt to get info on cron: >> >> man 5 crontab >> >> Cron tasks can be scheduled at most once per minute. And if you're >> using Windows then I believe the equivalent would be task scheduler, >> but I've no idea how you would go about using it. >> >> -- >> Richard Heyes >> HTML5 graphing: RGraph (www.rgraph.net - updated 6th June) >> PHP mail: RMail (www.phpguru.org/rmail) >> PHP datagrid: RGrid (www.phpguru.org/rgrid) >> PHP Template: RTemplate (www.phpguru.org/rtemplate) >> PHP SMTP: http://www.phpguru.org/smtp >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >