Executing PHP code at specific times

I'm programming some code at the moment which I'd like to activate at midnight every night. Is there a way of doing this so that the PHP code is executed at specific times during the day?

I'd be interested in all the different solutions people have for this as I'm sure there will be a few.

 

I've never heard of it but I'll do a bit of research on it.

Do you have any handy resources on this method which you would recommend?

 

Thanks Shawn

That's helpful stuff

 

weirfire,

do you have a dedicated server, or shared hosting with a control panel like cpanel?
tom

 

Hi Tommy,

I have a reseller account. I've contacted my hosts asking them if it's possible to run cronjobs. What do you reckon?

 

I can see cron jobs in my control panel now.

I'll see if I can test 1 out

 

Tip: Test your php pages directly, so you can rule out code problems if scheduled taskes don't work.

tom

 

Thanks Tommy,

I've basically just used the mail() command to send myself an email at the time of execution. It'll be a while before the program is actually ready to fully test. If this works, then I'm going to be a very happy man lol

 

Ok, I got my test cron job executing which is great news!

I'll let you know what the project I'm working on is in about a months time. It should be quite interesting and fun for at least the UK population.