Scheduling execution of a function

Question

How can I get a function executed in a php (cakephp) application at a specific point of time, without the intervention of a person clicking the link or triggering the function by himself/herself?

Answer 1

All other answers so far are right, you'll need to schedule a cron job (or scheduled task on Windows). With that said, CakePHP is designed to answer HTTP requests and not work through the command line.

For a tutorial specific to CakePHP, visit http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/mathew_attlee/2006/12/05/calling-controller-actions-from-cron-and-the-command-line.

Answer 2

If you are on Linux or Mac, try Cron:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cron