:( How do I....?

[jynt]

Ok, before everyone laughs at me becuase this is a simple question (I'm assuming that) I don't know much about PHP or MySQL and other scripting stuff even less. I can install a phpbb or IBoard but thats about it.

I have a small online text based game. I need to run the php script turns.php every 20 minutes to add +3 to the turns table in the MySQL db.

At least thats what I think I need to do....

 

[bigperm]

It would be a lot easier if you showed us turns.php

Does your host allow cron jobs?

 

[spec]

In my game I simply added turns based on the amount of time since they last received turns

 

[jynt]

Originally posted by spec
In my game I simply added turns based on the amount of time since they last received turns

And how did you do that? I'm new to php.

 

[jynt]

I think the reason turns.php isn't working is because of an error in the script.

When I go turns.php, I get this error.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: htmlbegin() in turns.php on line 6


Help

 

[spec]

thats b/c htmlbegin() is not a function
if you create a function go

<?
function htmlbegin(){
//do something here
}
?>

and then you can call it

 

[jynt]

Thanks for the help, I'm going to fiddle with it now.
In turns.php, the actually script that is messed is:

{
HTMLbegin("Error");
print "Access forbidden!<br>\n";
HTMLend();
exit;
}

Edit: I simply removed the script and it seems thats going to work, but I'll have to wait and see..

Every time I load the turns.php, it adds the 3 turns I want it to. The thing I need to do now is have it loaded/run every 20 minutes which I have no clue how to do. Could I use a java script or something for this?

 

[jynt]

Sorry, I don't want to spam to bump this up bet I really do want an answer...