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    <pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 23:14:26 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DevShed.com: PHP: Best Methods for Running Scheduled Jobs]]></title>
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On DevShed.com today there's a new article posted looking at <a href="http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/PHP-Best-Methods-for-Running-Scheduled-Jobs-20103/">methods for running scheduled jobs</a> based on responses to <a href="http://forums.devshed.com/php-development-5/what-is-the-best-method-for-running-scheduled-jobs-in-916361.html">this forum post</a>.
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<blockquote>
I have a webpage form that requires a date and time to be submitted. When it's submitted I need the back-end to run a script at the time and date specified. Have you ever needed to do something like this? 
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<p>Some recommendations already posted include:</p>
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<li>The UNIX <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_(Unix)">"at" command</a>
<li>Setting up a queue system to manage the processes (using something similar to <a href="http://gearman.org/">Gearman</a>
<li>Setting up a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron">cron job</a> to handle the periodic execution of the script.
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:01:49 -0500</pubDate>
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