Auto run with out Cron jobs

[Decode]

Is it possible to auto run a .php file on my site with out using cron jobs? Its because I don't have cpanel on my localhost and my site is going to depend on a script running every hour to update some of the page content.

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I havn't really looked into it, but the only viable way would be through cron jobs.

An idea is if you site has a page which is frequently looked at, do a function to check when the script was last run, then if its longer or equal to an hour ago... run it.

Not a great solution I know, but would work.

[Decode]

Thanks, that's a good idea I will do it like that.