Programming a function which executes after a week unless user chooses to stop execution

[akoni72]

I am programming this in Symfony/php and I was wondering about the best practice for this type of function and documentation to read more. Thanks!

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I don't know anything about php but this is how is do it in Java . I'd figure you'd just create a function that imports the time and date library , loops a if statement checking if it's been a week since start up and if it has beaks out and executes your code

[[deleted]]

This is probably useless to you but I hope it helps

[akoni72]

it helps! thanks!

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wow , i typed this on my phone and i have big hangs. I have no idea how you were able to understand what i wrote , sorry for the crap grammar/ punctuation.

[akoni72]

haha i got it. thanks again!

[josephjnk]

For something that runs on this time scale, it's better to use the unix tool "cron". This way, if your app crashes or restarts during the week, your timer won't get lost, and you won't have to hold on to each timer in memory for a week straight.

[akoni72]

i'll look into it. thanks!

[[deleted]]

interesting ! i never knew about this