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Title: Web devs: Is there a software alternative to Cron Jobs?
Post by: RayB on February 15, 2010, 10:43:06 pm

My web host doesn't provide "cron job" service. I was wondering if there was such a thing as something I could install (php, cgi,  ...) which does the same as cron? (No, I don't have root access... its shared hosting).

All I've found is online services, but I'm not comfortable with supplying them with the username, password, database info.

Title: Re: Web devs: Is there a software alternative to Cron Jobs?
Post by: ahofle on February 16, 2010, 12:08:07 am

google for "php job scheduler" turned up this:
http://www.phpjobscheduler.co.uk/ (http://www.phpjobscheduler.co.uk/)

If you have java capability, quartz is excellent:
http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/ (http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/)

Title: Re: Web devs: Is there a software alternative to Cron Jobs?
Post by: RayB on February 16, 2010, 11:40:39 pm

Thanks! looks like what i need!