How to setup cron job?

Question

Hi,

I have a windows shared hosting account with Godaddy.com with PHP5 that does not allow cron or scheduled job.

I am developing a website in PHP5 with CakePHP and I need to run a cron job to send emails.

What will be the best way to do it?

Thanks for your answers in advance. :)

Answer 1

Hai ,

http://www.onlinecronjobs.com/

Answer 2

http://www.webbasedcron.com/

Answer 3

If you have access to another machine that allows cron jobs, set the cron job up on that machine. To set it up in CakePHP, here is a good resource: http://www.lost-in-code.com/programming/php-code/cakephp-crontab/

Answer 4

Hi,

I found some great services my self:

http://cronless.com/ (I guess the best)
http://www.wsscheduler.com/Services/Default.aspx (looks good)
http://www.onlinecronservices.com/ (this is a list if you want more)

The two that I listed offers free and paid plan, for my needs the free plan should do. The list also has many free services.

Thanks for your answers.