Cron job question

[mrmmb]

Hello everyone!

For testing purposes, I am using 000webhosting.com to test out my game before I commit to a good hosting company.

So far, so good, but I am stuck with setting up cron jobs which normally would be

easy, esp on cpanel.

Ive already tried a few online cron job services, but they are not reliable and I don't want to pay.

Basically, 000webhosting.com does not allow the use of invalid characters in the cron job url.

So in my case:

cron_fivemins.php?code=b4d92d8bf20921978ba31f

....the "?" and "=" are invalid.

On their support forum they suggest putting "b4d92d8bf20921978ba31f"

within cron_fivemins.php.

Is that possible? If so, how?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice.

Mel

[Sim]

Re: Cron job question

Could you enter a URL like path_to_your_game/code/YOUR REAL CODE/

if so you could use .htaccess to modrewrite =)

[Sim]

Re: Cron job question

sorry for double post. I thought of an easier way to do it.

 

remove the if statement where it says if CODE = then rename the file so other people can't access the cron_file. and just point directly to the file.

[mrmmb]

Re: Cron job question

Thanks for the reply.

so rename the file, for example, job_5mins.php

and instead of

job_fivemins.php?code=b4d92d8bf20921978ba31f

use

job_fivemins.phpb4d92d8bf20921978ba31f

Is that what you mean?

[Guest Anonymous]

Re: Cron job question

Allow From <IP> (Apache Specific)

[Sim]

Re: Cron job question

 

Thanks for the reply.

so rename the file, for example, job_5mins.php

and instead of

job_fivemins.php?code=b4d92d8bf20921978ba31f

use

job_fivemins.phpb4d92d8bf20921978ba31f

Is that what you mean?

no. like this

instead of cron_day.php rename it to cron_dayz.php or something else so people will not know the file.

put this code in it

<?php
/*
MCCodes Lite
cron_day.php Rev 1.0.0
Copyright (C) 2006 Dabomstew

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/
include "mysql.php";
global $c, $mykey;
$path=$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].str_replace('cron_day.php','',$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);

mysql_query("UPDATE users SET daysold=daysold+1",$c);
mysql_query("UPDATE users SET mailban=mailban-1 WHERE mailban > 0",$c);
mysql_query("UPDATE fedjail set fed_days=fed_days-1",$c);
mysql_query("UPDATE users u LEFT JOIN fedjail f ON u.fedjail=f.fed_id SET u.fedjail=0 WHERE f.fed_days=0",$c);
mysql_query("DELETE FROM fedjail WHERE fed_days=0",$c);
?>

 

instead of cron_fivemins.php rename it to cron_fiveminz.php or something else so people will not know the file.

put this code in it

<?php
/*
MCCodes Lite
cron_fivemins.php Rev 1.0.1
Copyright (C) 2006 Dabomstew

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
*/
include "mysql.php";
global $c, $mykey;

$query="UPDATE users SET energy=energy+(maxenergy/(12.5)) WHERE energy<maxenergy";
$query2="UPDATE users SET energy=maxenergy WHERE energy>maxenergy";
$query3="UPDATE users SET will=will+10 WHERE will<maxwill";
$query4="UPDATE users SET will=maxwill WHERE will>maxwill";
mysql_query($query,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 1 for updating users $i to $next\n$query\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
mysql_query($query2,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 2 for updating users $i to $next\n$query2\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
mysql_query($query3,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 3 for updating users $i to $next\n$query3\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
mysql_query($query4,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 4 for updating users $i to $next\n$query4\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
$query="UPDATE users SET brave=brave+((maxbrave/10)+0.5) WHERE brave<maxbrave ";
$query2="UPDATE users SET brave=maxbrave WHERE brave>maxbrave";
$query3="UPDATE users SET hp=hp+(maxhp/3) WHERE hp<maxhp";
$query4="UPDATE users SET hp=maxhp WHERE hp>maxhp";
mysql_query($query,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 1 for updating users $i to $next\n$query\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
mysql_query($query2,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 2 for updating users $i to $next\n$query2\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
mysql_query($query3,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 3 for updating users $i to $next\n$query3\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
mysql_query($query4,$c) or die("\nError Executing Query 4 for updating users $i to $next\n$query4\n".mysql_error()."\nError Code:".mysql_errno());
?>