Executing PHP script without user trigger

[uncertain_manos]

Hi to all,

To the best of my knowledge, php code runs only when a script is attached to an html page. That means that the php code can run when a user asks for a php page to run.
I want to execute the php script during the night and normally for 3-4 hours. According to the previous stated, I cannot do that because I need a user asking for the script. Also, I found in previous messages that there is a maximum of 30 secs (if I don't change this setting in the php ini file).
I would like your opinion on the subject and proposals on how else I can do this code to run for 3-4 hours daily without any user asking the script.

regards,
Manos

[Oleg Butuzov]

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[dupontv]

On a Linux-Apache webserver, we use the 'cron' tool to run PHP scripts at night. Under windows, you could use a scheduler or any application...

[uncertain_manos]

On a Linux-Apache webserver, we use the 'cron' tool to run PHP scripts at night. Under windows, you could use a scheduler or any application...

thank you both for your help. I may need dome more help on that "cron" tool, because I am totally unfamiliar wilth UNIX systems.
Thanks again,
Manos