Re^2: Running a script periodically to update player statistics on a web game.

[dsheroh]

Unrelated but the $cou+=0 looks a bit dodgy: ++$cou perhaps. I could be wrong as I've no idea what $cou refers to.

Dodgy indeed. He appears to be trying to build an infinite loop to keep the game running forever, but he hasn't yet discovered the

while (1) {
  ...
}

construct that most of us use. $cou is presumably a generic counter and I'm guessing the +=0 is intentional so that the loop will never terminate.

[kcott]

I wondered if it was intended as an infinite loop but AM also seems to want to stop it after 100 iterations.

I shall wait patiently for AM to enlighten us. :-)

[Anonymous Monk]

It was intended as an infinite loop with $cou being a counter. Using a for loop like that is a bad habit from when I started programming.

From what you guys said I think I will use cron jobs for my updates since they will affect all players. Thanks for the help.