How to set up a cron job to run every minute - Hostgator won't allow me

I have a script that requires for a cron job to run every minute.

Because I'm on shared hosting, Hostgator won't allow me.

Is there a way to use the script without getting a dedicated hosting account?

 

Keep your site on hostgator server and use another host to run cron who can allow you to run cron every minute. You will need to pay two hosts but I think there is no other way.

Kailash

 

Freebie external cron services are available. Try a search.

Note: A 1min cron is quite intensive. You may not find (apart from expensive services) any company who will be prepared to take on such a frequent cron

 

Yes, most of external cron service allowed only every 5 min.

You can try this cronjob service: SetCronJob. It's simple, fast, and easy to use.
It will call your URL up to every 5 min, if you want.

 

how many cron jobs do they allow? 5 cron jobs ....betcha going to get kicked off the host though.

 

Increase to 10 now I think 10 cron jobs are enough for most webmasters

 

A lot of times code can be redeveloped to get around using such an intensive cron job -- I would look into that rather than finding a way to run a cron every minute

 

Just set it to run every 5 minuts and ignore the what the installation manual says. I really can't think of anything that will crash if it doesn't run every minute.

 

Depending on what kind of site this is, and what the cron job does, any script that runs every minute could bring even the most powerful server to its knees.

Does the cron job "have" to run every minute? That seems a little extreme to me. Maybe set it to run once an hour and see what happens.

 

What code are you using? Collectively, we might be able to edit it to reduce the frequency of the cron.

 

Thanks for the tips, but I found a third-party service that allowed me to set a cron every minute

http://www.webbasedcron.com

 

with $24.95 USD per year?

 

so far, they do as promised...