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How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/28 8:53
kerkyra
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Since: 2005/2/14

Hi,
i would like to make a function run once in a day and filter my dbs records, in order to make (according to some criteria) some of them inactive! For example i want to make a record inactive after a month it is submitted. I dont want to make a cron job right now! I was wandering if there is another way to do this! I noticed the catads module works like this and without making a cron job. Any ideas on how this could be achieved? Thanks

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/28 11:02
kakos
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Since: 2002/6/6 2

Recently I tried XoopsCare from Instant Zero. I think you should give it a try.
Some features:

1/ Maintain your database (check, repair, analyse and optimize your tables)
2/ Run you own queries when you want
3/ Execute Php code when you want it
4/ Clean templates_c and cache folders
5/ Remove spammed comments
6/ Clean sessions

The module can do its job with a cron or with its block.

Costas

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/28 13:25
kerkyra
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i'll give it a try mate! thanks! Although i wanted to make my module independent of any other, but this will do the job for now

Thanks

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/28 14:19
kerkyra
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hey, i did instal xoopscare, i'm trying to run the following php code but with no results...
Quote:

$today = time();
$result1 = $xoopsDB->query("select lid, expdate from ".$xoopsDB->prefix("addresses_links")." WHERE status>0 AND expdate>0");
while(list($lid, $expdate) = $xoopsDB->fetchRow($result1)) {
if ($expdate>=$today) {
$sql= sprintf("UPDATE %s SET status = 0 WHERE lid= %u", $xoopsDB->prefix("addresses_links"),$lid);
$xoopsDB->query($sql) or $eh->show("0013");
}

}

does it recognise the XOOPS classes? how should i enter the code i want to run?
right now it executes the code but does nothing!

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/28 20:08
kerkyra
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anybody??

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/29 12:25
kerkyra
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Since: 2005/2/14

any help on the subject??

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/29 12:32
trabis
Core Developer
Posts: 2269
Since: 2006/9/1 1

Do a echo $sql to see if the querie is alright;

if not, try adding
global $xoopsDB;

Is there any error log by the way?

LatinoPoemas

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/29 14:09
kerkyra
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Since: 2005/2/14

no error logs whatsoever! if i try to just echo the time() variable it works fine! if i add the sql statement and try to echo it, it does nothing! It doesnt even echo time which is added in the second line of the code! The global xoopsDB statement seems to do nothing as well. Any ideas are welcomed... :(

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/29 16:46
mboyden
Moderator
Posts: 484
Since: 2005/3/9 1

The php code for XoopsCare runs independent of XOOPS, so I don't see how you would expect to access the XOOPS variables.

Doing a brief look at your code, I would suggest that you just re-write the code in SQL and use that part of XoopsCare instead. The tool works and can run the various pieces of code, but best I can tell it runs outside of the XOOPS environment because it's called by the account on the server under a cron job.

So, for MySQL, if you can successfully run the commands in phpMyAdmin for your XOOPS database, then you'll be able to run the same code inside this module.

Same for php. If you can run it from the command line as the user that will run the cron job, then XoopsCare will run it.

Clear as mud?

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Re: How to make a function similar to a cron job...

2008/5/30 7:49
kerkyra
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i see! thanks for your help! i'll modify the code and get back to you if any probs! Thanks mate!

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