setting up a cron job with phpmyadmin
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Man of Honour
MySQL and cron jobs are separate; you can't setup a cronjob through phpmyadmin.
Write the script you'd like executing in, say, PHP, and setup a cronjob through cPanel to fetch (ie, execute) the script every X minutes/hours/etc. You can call the script just like through a web browser. Most servers should have the lynx browser available, so the command would be something like:
lynx -dump http://www.yourdomain/thescript.php
Write the script you'd like executing in, say, PHP, and setup a cronjob through cPanel to fetch (ie, execute) the script every X minutes/hours/etc. You can call the script just like through a web browser. Most servers should have the lynx browser available, so the command would be something like:
lynx -dump http://www.yourdomain/thescript.php
Oh I see 
had a strange idea that they were the same thing.
The only trouble is my host doesn't use cpanel, or any other common interface, they seem to have their own custom built one. Ive sent them an email asking how I can add it. Do you know if there is any other way to add it? Via telnet etc?
Cheers mate
had a strange idea that they were the same thing. The only trouble is my host doesn't use cpanel, or any other common interface, they seem to have their own custom built one. Ive sent them an email asking how I can add it. Do you know if there is any other way to add it? Via telnet etc?
Cheers mate
Man of Honour
'crontab -e' through telnet/SSH should do it. You probably don't have shell access though (most standard shared hosting accounts only offer it as an extra) 