How to execute php script multiple times?

Question

PHP

Hello!
So I still do not quite understand all the intricacies of working with PHP, so I ask this question!
I wrote a script that works with a date, namely a year!
Accordingly, after its execution, it is required that it be performed again and set a different date, for example, the first time is 2013, the next - 1 year.
Hence - how can this task be performed at all, besides using CRON?

Answer 1

Prompted and made with the help of Perl, and set the task in Cron!
Here is the code, maybe it will be useful for someone:

my $start_year=2013;
my $stop_year=1949;
my $interval=100;

foreach (reverse($stop_year..$start_year)){
 `wget -q -O /dev/null "http://site.ru/get_programm.php\?year=$_\&auto=1"`;
sleep $interval;
}

Answer 2

Does it make sense to restart the script for this? Use a loop

for ($year = 2013; $year >= 1900; $year--) {
    // здесь ваши действия
}

Answer 3

If you need it specifically for this, then just use the date() function built into php .

Answer 4

IMHO the best CRON solution.

Answer 5

Date() will only give me the current date, and I need to use the script multiple times, but with a different date minus one year!

Answer 6

chord, we already sketched a variant about the cycle (((I will leave
set_time_limit (600);
as a bonus.

Answer 7

@muldy but why run a script when you can make a loop?
You can use
it but it will kill your server.

Answer 8

Well, if you don't want to use cron then use Windows - task scheduler =)))