send a file when timestamp changes?

po00oq · June 6th, 2005, 3:25 PM

I have a cron job that runs a php script that sends me the contents of a file. is there any way to have that file sent only when the timestamp changes?

po00oq · June 6th, 2005, 3:57 PM

Nevermind.. I have solved the problem.

IN the php file that writes to the file I want to send, I added the date command and had it write to the invoicedate.txt than

in the cron php script, I added

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$filename = 'date.txt';

$fp = fopen($filename, "r");

$date = fread($fp, filesize($filename));

fclose($fp);



$filename = 'invoicedate.txt';

$fp = fopen($filename, "r");

$invoicedate = fread($fp, filesize($filename));

fclose($fp);



if ($invoicedate != $date){

//add mail script here



$filename = 'date.txt';

$fp = fopen($filename, "w");

$string = $invoicedate;

$write = fputs($fp, $string);

fclose($fp);

}



?>

**Kickersny.com** · June 6th, 2005, 4:42 PM

you could also use filemtime() to get the time when the date was last modified.

po00oq · June 6th, 2005, 5:02 PM

thanks......that would be too easy wouldn't it

**Kickersny.com** · June 6th, 2005, 11:25 PM

Haha, there's nothing wrong with making too much sense

**sam** · June 7th, 2005, 12:48 PM

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po00oq Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2004 18 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	send a file when timestamp changes? I have a cron job that runs a php script that sends me the contents of a file. is there any way to have that file sent only when the timestamp changes? __________________ Server: Sonet

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po00oq Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2004 18 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Nevermind.. I have solved the problem. IN the php file that writes to the file I want to send, I added the date command and had it write to the invoicedate.txt than in the cron php script, I added PHP Code: `<?php $filename = 'date.txt'; $fp = fopen($filename, "r"); $date = fread($fp, filesize($filename)); fclose($fp); $filename = 'invoicedate.txt'; $fp = fopen($filename, "r"); $invoicedate = fread($fp, filesize($filename)); fclose($fp); if ($invoicedate != $date){ //add mail script here $filename = 'date.txt'; $fp = fopen($filename, "w"); $string = $invoicedate; $write = fputs($fp, $string); fclose($fp); } ?>` __________________ Server: Sonet

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Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	you could also use filemtime() to get the time when the date was last modified. __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

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po00oq Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2004 18 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	thanks......that would be too easy wouldn't it __________________ Server: Sonet

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Kickersny.com Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Aug 2004 Hosted on SH58 1,688 posts Gave thanks: 6 Thanked 7 times	Haha, there's nothing wrong with making too much sense __________________ - Evan Charlton \| [site] \| Server - SH58

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