Run PHP Script every 5-10 minutes without cron,perl etc..

Question

I know this question is asked about hundred of times, but

I want to run a scirpt every 5 minutes on server, I have not any type of administrate privileges to do cron job etc.

I am not good php programmer so this question may look strange, but if you understand please tell some solution.

Thanks.

Answer 1

See this and this.

Answer 2

Sounds like your only solution would be "Poor Mans Cron".

What you do is create a script that you place on top of every page that only runs every 5 minutes. It won't be guaranteed to run every 5 minutes though. As it requires someone to visit the pages with the "poor mans cron" and if no one visits for over 5 minutes then it won't run until someone does.

Some example code:

<?php
 // load the last run time from a file, database, etc
 if(time() >= $last_run + (60 * 5)) { // 60 * 5 is 5 minutes
     // do your task here
     // save the last run time to a file, database, etc
 }

Answer 3

Something like:

ini_set('max_execution_time', 'sometime'); 
while(1){
    //do something
    sleep(sometime);
}

Although I don't recommend doing this. Time to move to a server that meets your needs.

Answer 4

Here's another 'hack'. Since you can't run cron on the machine where the script is, maybe you can run cron on another machine.

If you can...setup a cron job to run every 5 minutes...The job can be a simple PHP script that calls your other PHP script. You can use cURL to 'call' your script (if that script is being served up by a Web Server)

Answer 5

I use webcron.org wich is an affordable online service. Advantage for me is that I then have an overview of all scheduled tasks, on all servers.