Automatic accounts check every 24 hours for membership expiration

Question

I'm having a user control panel (UCP) for my game server.
I offer different memberships (gold/silver/bronze etc) for money.
However, I want to run a PHP script every 24 hours, to run a check over the "users" database and see if 30 days have elapsed. I know how to create the function but I don't know how to make it work automatically. My host is using Windows Server 2008 R2.

Use the Task Scheduler to schedule the script running. [Related question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/850556/how-to-emulate-cron-jobs-on-a-windows-server) — Niet the Dark Absol, Jan 01 '13 at 18:39
I've heard about the Task Scheduler. Can you explain a bit more? — Ariel Weinberger, Jan 01 '13 at 18:48

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 01 '13 at 18:49

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Linux / Unix / OS X

Scheduled jobs are call cron jobs under linux.

Configuring cronjobs usually requires you to use the shell (over SSH). Sometimes a hosting provider might provide to schedule jobs through their control panel.

Here's are great article about how to add a cronjob.

Windows

Under windows, you can use the task schedular to execute a job periodically. Read this howto for that.

answered Jan 01 '13 at 18:49

Arnold Daniels

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This is always my preferred approach. It works well because you can specify down to the minute granularity in running the script. Just make sure you have similar granularity in the membership expiration times. – CaseySoftware Jan 01 '13 at 18:57

Automatic accounts check every 24 hours for membership expiration

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